Natural History & Science

This is a traditionally strong area of interest for Sotheran's, with our unparalleled collection of John Gould ornithological lithographs. We maintain a selection of fine antiquarian bird books in stock, together with sought-after and scarce works in the areas of botany and zoology both British and foreign. We also specialise in books relating to Darwinism, evolution, genetics and human biology.

Sotherans has a long tradition of dealing with fine science books stretching back to 1906, when work began on our Bibliotheca Chemico-Mathematica. This exhaustive bibliography, which was published between 1921 and 1952, remains an important resource. We now stock books across a broad range of scientific subjects, including geology, evolutionary science, physics, medicine, astronomy, mathematics and technology. We also have a good stock of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and offprints from scientific journals.

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  • Commentaries on the history and cure of diseases
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  • Elements of the Practice of Physic, in two parts. bound with …
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  • The Birds of the Lonely Lake
    £65.00
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  • The Natural History of the Birds of Ireland, indigenous and migratory
    £200.00
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  • The Birds of Ireland
    £260.00
    £260.00
  • Three Summers among the Birds of Russian Lapland
    £400.00
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  • Beyond Petsora Eastward; Two Summer Voyages to Novaya Zemlya and the …
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  • Birds of Cyprus
    £150.00
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  • A Monograph of the Ramphastidæ, or family of toucans
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  • A Conchological Manual
    £300.00
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  • Popular Lectures on Scientific Subjects
    £160.00
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  • Barry's Pain Relief. A Purely Vegetable Preparation
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  • Radiations from Radioactive Substances
    £950.00
    £950.00
  • Cretins and Cretinism. A Prize Thesis of the University of Edinburgh
    £100.00
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  • Over-Population and its remedy; or, an inquiry into the extent …
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  • Supernatural Pamphlets
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  • Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon and Andes being records …
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  • L'art de bien faire les glaces d'office; ou les vrais principes …
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  • European Butterflies and Moths. Based upon Berge's Schmetterlingsbuch
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  • The Naturalist in La Plata
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  • Northwards with Nomad
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  • Adventuring with Nomad
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  • Coal Measure Plants
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  • Flowers of Marsh & Stream
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