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Leaves from the Book of Nature. Deer. For Full Descriptions vide the Naturalist's Library. Published by W.H. Lizars Edinburgh. S. Highley London. & W.Curry Jun.r & Co Dublin. and ssolb by all Book & Printsellers.
Lizars sc.
[Edinburgh? c. 1840.]
Coloured wood engraving. Sheet 550 x 405mm (21½ x 16"). Slight toning.
Ten illustrations of different types of deer, from the Red Deer of Scotland to the Springbok of South Africa and the Chikara of Bengal. It was printed as a salesman's sheet, used to advertise Sir William Jardine's 'Naturalist's Library', a hugely successful series of forty volumes published between 1833-1843. By choosing a small format Jardine could sell the volumes cheaply, bringing natural history to the general public.
[Ref: 30225] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Lizars sc.
[Edinburgh? c. 1840.]
Coloured wood engraving. Sheet 550 x 405mm (21½ x 16"). Slight toning.
Ten illustrations of different types of deer, from the Red Deer of Scotland to the Springbok of South Africa and the Chikara of Bengal. It was printed as a salesman's sheet, used to advertise Sir William Jardine's 'Naturalist's Library', a hugely successful series of forty volumes published between 1833-1843. By choosing a small format Jardine could sell the volumes cheaply, bringing natural history to the general public.
[Ref: 30225] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Trichoglossus concinnus.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured etching. 275 x 225mm. 10¾ x 9".
A handsome portrait, in fine contemporary colour, of the Musk Lorikeet. These birds are only found in south-eastern Australia, being widespread in eastern New South Wales, all regions of Victoria and in the south-east of South Australia. Musk Lorikeets live in tall, open, dry forest and woodlands, dominated by eucalypts and are usually found in the canopy. Plate 34 (as numbered upper right) to Volume 1 of 'Illustrations of Ornithology by Sir W. Jardine, Bart., and Prideaux John Selby, with the co-operation of J. E. Bicheno, J. G. Children, T. Hardwicke, T. Horsfield, R. Jameson, Sir T. S. Raffles, N. A. Vigors.' Published in Edinburgh by Daniel Lizars in 2 vols c.1830. Offered with titlepage.
[Ref: 9102] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured etching. 275 x 225mm. 10¾ x 9".
A handsome portrait, in fine contemporary colour, of the Musk Lorikeet. These birds are only found in south-eastern Australia, being widespread in eastern New South Wales, all regions of Victoria and in the south-east of South Australia. Musk Lorikeets live in tall, open, dry forest and woodlands, dominated by eucalypts and are usually found in the canopy. Plate 34 (as numbered upper right) to Volume 1 of 'Illustrations of Ornithology by Sir W. Jardine, Bart., and Prideaux John Selby, with the co-operation of J. E. Bicheno, J. G. Children, T. Hardwicke, T. Horsfield, R. Jameson, Sir T. S. Raffles, N. A. Vigors.' Published in Edinburgh by Daniel Lizars in 2 vols c.1830. Offered with titlepage.
[Ref: 9102] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Salmo trutta. Sea Trout. Solway Firth in July. Male. Size of Life. Weight 4lb 3oz. No. 9.
Drawn by Will.m Jardine, Bar.t. [Engraved by W.H. Lizars.]
[Edinburgh: W.H.Lizars, 1841].
Engraving. Sheet 500 x 630mm (19¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed within plate at sides, margins frayed, ink speckles across sea area.
A large plate of a sea trout, usually published in Sir William Jardine's 'British Salmonidæ', but this example apparently a plate spoiled in production. Jardine (1800-74), best-known for his populist 'Naturalist's Library' series, was a keen angler and authority on salmon and trout in the British Isles, recognised in 1860 by his appointment to the Royal Commission on the Salmon Fisheries of England and Wales. The fish shown here was caught near Jardine Hall, his estate in Annandale.
From ex Jardine Estate Sale. Thomson Roddick; Little Dyke, Dalton.
[Ref: 36883] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Will.m Jardine, Bar.t. [Engraved by W.H. Lizars.]
[Edinburgh: W.H.Lizars, 1841].
Engraving. Sheet 500 x 630mm (19¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed within plate at sides, margins frayed, ink speckles across sea area.
A large plate of a sea trout, usually published in Sir William Jardine's 'British Salmonidæ', but this example apparently a plate spoiled in production. Jardine (1800-74), best-known for his populist 'Naturalist's Library' series, was a keen angler and authority on salmon and trout in the British Isles, recognised in 1860 by his appointment to the Royal Commission on the Salmon Fisheries of England and Wales. The fish shown here was caught near Jardine Hall, his estate in Annandale.
From ex Jardine Estate Sale. Thomson Roddick; Little Dyke, Dalton.
[Ref: 36883] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)