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Does each species have an optimal form? An ideal beauty that existed prior to the Fall? These were questions that concerned both artists and breeders alike in the 17th century. Dániel Margócsy on the search for a menagerie of perfect prelapsarian geometry. …more
Said to be spawn of the devil himself and possessed with great…more
Considered by many one of the founding texts of the science fiction…more
With its dreamlike inversions and kaleidoscopic cast of anthropomorphic objects, animals, and…more
With his extravagant dress, entourage of exotic pets, and morbid fascinations, Count…more
Photographs for official army panoramas that offer, a century after their strategic function has passed, an…more
Remarkable depictions of nudibranchs from the waters of the Philippines in the…more
Photogravures from one of the first series of X-rays ever produced, including,…more
Poems from the Victorian era and before which anticipated 21st-century textspeak.more
Book of Norwegian fairytales and one of the finest creations to emerge…more
Babylonian and Assyrian incantations against various demons, ghouls, vampires, hobgoblins, ghosts, and…more
Intricate Japanese ornamental design elements from our own original woodblock print collection “Yatsuo no Tsubaki” (1860–1869) by Taguchi Tomoki.Read more
Delicate polychrome woodblock prints of colorful birds by Itō Jakuchū (1716–1800), a Japanese painter of the mid-Edo period famous for combining both traditional and modern styles.Read more
Having gorged himself on Welsh Rarebit — melted cheese on toast — a man hallucinates his…more
First film by stop-motion animation pioneer Willis O’Brien who in 1933 would…more
Short educational film on what can be seen in the night sky…more
In this novelty recording by the Norwegian actor Henry Klauser, a mournful refrain gradually gives way…more
First known recording of the popular African American spiritual performed in 1909…more
Early recording of the alma mater of Rutgers, The State University of…more
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