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LOT 5090:
4 Hummingbird prints by Jardine & WH Lizars 1833
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4 Hummingbird prints by Jardine & WH Lizars 1833
These hand-coloured engravings of Humming Birds are from The Natural History of Humming Birds Part 2 of The Naturalist's Library by Sir William Jardine, Bart and engraved by WH Lizars, Edinburgh 1833.
These engraving are from the first edition.The humming birds illustrated are White-striped Hummingbird, Buffon's Hummingbird, Mango Hummingbird or Trochilus mango & Audinet's Hummingbird- Trochilus gigas.
Jardine made natural history available to all levels of Victorian society by editing and issuing the hugely popular forty volumes of The Naturalist's Library (1833-1843).
The Natural History of Humming Birds was issued in two parts, being Volumes VI & VII of The Naturalist's Library series. Many of the hummingbirds illustrated in this work were of life size.
Each print measures approximately 4in x 6.5in (10cm x 15.5cm)
Condition: The prints are in excellent condition on thick, high quality paper. Please inspect the images carefully
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