Naturalist's Library. The birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Edited by Sir William Jardine, Bart. London: Henry G. Bohn. Vol. I. Ornithology. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland - Part 1. Birds of Prey. 315 p. Edinburgh, W. H. Lizars, - 1838. First edition. The first edition of this illustrated ornithological work on birds of prey by Sir William Jardine, bound in decorative cloth. Illustrated by a frontspiece portrait of Sir Robert Sibbald, an engraved title page and 34 engraved, handcoloured plates by Stewart and many woodcuts This work provides an ornithological study of birds of prey and a memoir of Sir Robert Sibbald, a writer of historical works who is known for his study of wales and this series of natural history books. This volume focuses on birds of prey including Falcons and Eagles. Vol II. Ornithology. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland - Part II. 409 p. London: Henry G. Bohn - 1866 First Edition. Illustrated by a frontspiece portrait of William Smellie, an engraved and coloured title page and 34 engraved handcoloured plates and many woodcuts. This book has some waterstaine on the bottom of the first and last pages of the book. Not affecting the plates. A number of text-pages badly cut or uncut. Complete with 30 handcoloured plates -clean and bright. Both books Internally firmly bound. Generally bright pages. NB. Pictures look dark - in reality very bright! Very rare set!