1838 Jardine BIRDS Ornithology Ireland & Britain Illustrated Falcons Owls Merlin

1838 Jardine BIRDS Ornithology Ireland & Britain Illustrated Falcons Owls Merlin

Sir William Jardine was a 19^th-century Scottish naturalist most known for his extensive series of books on natural history, ‘The Naturalist’s Library’.

This ‘The Naturalist’s library, Ornithology’ is the first volume in the set for Game Birds discussing Birds of Prey in Britain and Ireland, including Neophron, Peregrine Falcon, Merlin, Osprey, Owls, Buzzards, and much more all beautifully illustrated with 36 color and black and white plates and a memoir and portrait of Sir Robert Sibbald!

Item number: #12040

Price: $499

JARDINE, William

The naturalist’s library, Ornithology, birds of Great Britain and Ireland, part I

Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, [1838].

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [8], 17-315
  • 36 EXQUISITE plates
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
• Size: ~6.5in X 4.25in (16.5cm x 10.5cm)

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