Anthropology

All works on Man, his cultures, artefacts, history, tales and more

Botany

All works on flowering plants, algae, mosses, fungi, trees, etc

Earth Sciences - Geology

Including general geology, mineralogy, volcanology, etc

Entomology

All works on insects, butterflies, beetles, spiders, scorpions, etc

General Natural History

Works with a broad(er) view; philosophical, practical, multiple subjects

Herpetology

All works on lizards, snakes, frogs, toads, newts, turtles, etc

Hunting

All works on hunting by Man, hunting techniques, and the hunted

Ichthyology

All works on extant and extinct fishes, and on angling & fishing

Invertebrates (others)

All invertebrates other than specifically on molluscs, or insects, spiders and allies

Malacology

All works on shells, snails, slugs, bivalves, cephalopods, etc

Mammalogy

All works on mammals from mammuths to mice, extinct an/or living

Manuscripts and Letters

The original works of scientists and travellers, written and/or drawn

Ornithology

All works on birds and birders, including oology, nidology, etc

Palaeontology

All works on fossil plants, animals and their traces and tracks

Photography/Nature Printing

Images worth a thousand words, and nature telling its own story

Prints and Portraits

Portraits of scientists such as Darwin and decorative prints on many subjects

Science

The hard sciences, including physics, (bio)chemistry, and mathematics

Travel and Exploration

Including exploration, adventure and discoveries – imaginary and real

Varia

From colour plate books to medicine, art to topography, non-books to cooky tins

Zoology

All works on any animals or groups of animals