JARDINE, William (editor). The Naturalist's Library. Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1834-1845. 40 vols., 8vo (172 x 100mm.) 40 engraved portrait frontispieces, additional pictorial titles, some hand-coloured, 1269 hand-coloured plates with tissue-guards. (Browning to margins, some uncut leaves.) Original cloth boards, original lettering pieces onlaid to spines (crudely rebacked in cloth, two volumes with inner joints broken, sunning to boards, one lettering piece missing). Note: complete in 40 volumes, comprising: ornithology (14), entomology (7), mammalia (13) and ichthyology (6). - And two duplicate volumes from the series (42).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional charge of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.