Rare Antique Original 1840 Jardine Mammalia ‘Naturalist’s Library’ Print Hand Coloured Lithograph RARE & Absolutely Spectacular engraving with original period hand-coloring as issued by WH Lizars Edinburgh for Sir William Jardine’s ‘The Naturalist’s Library, True Antique over 170 years old! Jardine made natural history available to all levels of Victorian society by editing the hugely popular forty volumes of The Naturalist’s Library (1833–1843) issued and published by his brother in law, the Edinburgh printer and engraver, William Home Lizars. The series was divided into four main sections: Ornithology, Mammalia, Entomology, and Ichthyology; each prepared by a leading naturalist. James Duncan wrote the insect volumes. The artists responsible for the illustrations included Edward Lear. The work was published in Edinburgh by W. H. Lizars. The frontispiece is a portrait of Pierre André Latreille. size – approximately 6.5 x 4 Inch Excellent condition with some age marks, patina as shown on scan