1835 JARDINE "Naturalist's Library" HC ENGRAVING leaf chafer beetles

Description: 1835 SIR WILLIAM JARDINE - HC WOOD ENGRAVING "The Naturalist's Library. Entomology: Beetles" Endorsed by James Duncan, Member of the Wernerian Society Engravings by W. H. Lizars EXTREMELY RARE no reserve ORIGINAL ANTIQUE HAND COLORED WOOD ENGRAVING !TEXT PAGES ON DEMAND! Plate 14 - Shiny Leaf Chafer Beetles Scarabaeus Macropus and Chrysophora Chrysochlora This original antique hand colored wood engraving is taken from William Jardine's world-famous work "The Naturalist's Library. Entomology: Beetles", edited by Jardine, endorsed by James Duncan, and printed by "W.H. Lizars" in Edinburgh & London and "W. Curry, Jun. and Co." in Dublin, 1835.Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet of Applegirth, Dumfriesshire (1800 - 1874) was a Scottish naturalist. 1870 One of the finest and most thorough studies of natural history in the nineteenth century fell under the direction of Sir William Jardine. He made natural history available to all levels of Victorian society by editing and issuing the hugely popular 40 volumes of "The Naturalist's Library" (1833-1842) with hand colored wood engravings and descriptions of all vertebrate species divided into 4 sections: mammals, birds, fish and insects, each prepared by a leading naturalist. Jardine commissioned experts throughout Europe to write individual volumes on their fields of animal studies. But perhaps the greatest accomplishment of this nine-year undertaking was that each book contained at least thirty splendid engravings by W. H. Lizars. These engravings - some introducing newly discovered species, others portraying now extinct animals - have for over a century and a half been considered to be among the finest pictorial representations of their kind. The engravings were always colored by artists before publication, and only the subject was hand-colored leaving the background illustration as the original black engraving. William Home Lizars (1788 - 1859) was an eminent Scottish engraver and painter of topographical views, decorative and historical subjects. His natural history engravings rank among the finest of the early nineteenth century. Training at the Trustee’s Academy of Edinburgh, Lizars quickly gained a strong reputation for his graphic work in all fields. From 1820, however, he concentrated almost solely upon the field for which he is best remembered, natural history subjects. Whether his work is in the field of delicate miniature engravings, such as this example, or in his large plates for Audubon’s Birds of America, his reputation as one of the finest naturalist engravers in the history of the art stands unchallenged. SIZE: approx. 4.21" x 6.54" / ca. 10,7 cm x 16,6 cm QUALITY: The condition of the plate is nearly excellent (see scan). The colors are remarkable, as they appear bright, shiny and clear on the fine creamy white paper. !Wonderful for small walls or intimate spaces. They also make great groupings of 3 or 5! All our prints are ORIGINAL ANTIQUES!!! The delivery is accompanied with a copy of the original title page!!! Original antique text pages on demand!!! PAYMENT & SHIPPING: Single shipping for this item - including packaging - is $ 10.00 World Airmail & Europe Widerrufsbelehrung (fuer alle deutschen Kunden/only for German Customers) Widerrufsrecht: Sie koennen Ihre Vertragserklaerung innerhalb von 2 Wochen ohne Angabe von Gruenden in Textform (z.B. Brief, Fax, ...) oder durch Ruecksendung der Sache widerrufen. Die Frist beginnt fruehestens mit Erhalt dieser Belehrung. Zur Wahrung der Widerrufsfrist genuegt die rechtzeitige Absendung des Widerrufs oder der Sache. Der Widerruf ist zu richten an: Stefanie Berke Abelmannstr. 19 30519 Hannover Widerrufsfolgen: Im Falle eines wirksamen Widerrufs sind die beiderseits empfangenen Leistungen zurueckzugewaehren. Koennen Sie uns die empfangene Leistung ganz oder teilweise nicht oder nur in verschlechtertem Zustand zurueckgewaehren, muessen Sie uns insoweit ggf. Wertersatz leisten. Sie haben die Kosten der Ruecksendung zu tragen, wenn die gelieferte Ware der bestellten entspricht und wenn der Preis der zurueckzusendenden Sache einen Betrag von 40,00 Euro nicht uebersteigt, oder wenn Sie bei einem hoeheren Preis der Sache zum Zeitpunkt des Widerrufes noch nicht die Gegenleistung oder eine vertraglich vereinbarte Teilzahlung erbracht haben. Verpflichtungen zur Erstattung von Zahlungen muessen Sie innerhalb von 30 Tagen nach Absendung Ihrer Widerrufserklaerung erfuellen. - Ende der Widerrufsbelehrung -

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