Sources
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A complete list of the original scans consulted for this project.
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A comprehensive bibliography of the sources referenced throughout the 40 volumes.
Additional reading
The following material covers the history of the publication of The Naturalist’s Library.
- Hand-Colored Zoological Illustrations for “All Classes” of British Society: The Publishing History of The Naturalist’s Library, 1833–1843
- Analyzes how William Home Lizars and Sir William Jardine made The Naturalist’s Library affordable for middle-class consumers by using new technologies, scaling operations, and relying on the cheap labor who hand-colored the millions of steel engravings.
- Leaves from the Book of Nature
- A large-format collection of 117 hand-colored engraved plates including many principal illustrations from The Naturalist’s Library.
- Sir William Jardine: A Life in Natural History
- The first comprehensive biography of William Jardine, exploring his life as an eminent Scottish naturalist, polymath, and the successful publisher who popularized natural history through the creation and editing of The Naturalist’s Library.
- War and Peace in Natural History Publishing: The Naturalist’s Library, 1833–1843
- Examines The Naturalist’s Library as a crucial case study of the tensions and compromises inherent in Victorian natural history publishing, demonstrating how the mass production of affordable, illustrated books led to both the popularization of science and the commercialization of scientific knowledge.