Sir William Jardine; William Macgillivray; James Duncan; — The Naturalist&Apos;S Library

Edinburgh , W. H. Lizars, 1833-1840. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful collection of ten first edition volumes of Sir William Jardine's impressive work of natural history, illustrated with over 300 hand coloured plates. The first edition of ten volumes of Sir William Jardine's wonderful work on natural history, which extended to forty volumes. Beautifully illustrated with hand coloured plates, and in the publisher's original cloth bindings. Present here are: Mammalia Vol. VII. British Quadrupeds (1838). Illustrated with thirty-four hand coloured plates. Collated, complete. Icthyology Vol. II. Fishes (1840). Illustrated with thirty-two hand coloured plates. Collated, complete. Ornithology Vol. I. Humming-Birds (1833). Illustrated with thirty-four hand coloured plates. Collated, complete. Ornithology Vol. IV. Game Birds (1834). Illustrated with thirty hand coloured plates. Collated, complete. Ornithology Vol. V. Pigeons (1835). Illustrated with thirty hand coloured plates. Collated, complete. Ornithology Vol. VI. Parrots (1836). Illustrated with thirty hand coloured plates. Collated, complete. Entomology Vol. II Beetles (1835). Illustrated with thirty hand coloured plates. Collated, complete. Entomology Vol. III British Butterflies (1835). Illustrated with thirty-four hand coloured plates. Collated, complete. Entomology Vol. IV British Moths, Sphinxes, &c. (1836). Illustrated with thirty hand coloured plates. Collated, complete. Entomology Vol. VI Bees (1840). Illustrated with thirty hand coloured plates. Collated, complete. Additionally, there is an engraved frontispiece and title page to each volume, and bookplate to front pastedown of entomology volume VI. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Instances of bumping to back strip heads and tails, with fading to back strips. Ornithology vol 1 rear joint starting, but board remains firmly held. Rear joint head of entomology VI starting with board lightly strained. Bookplate to front pastedown of this volume. Former owner's inscriptions and stamps to front free endpapers and front blanks. Internally, bindings lightly strained. Pages bright and generally clean. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .