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    Blights of the Bookish: *An Essay on Diseases Incidental to Literary and Sedentary Persons* (1768)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Work

    Blights of the Bookish: An Essay on Diseases Incidental to Literary and Sedentary Persons (1768)

    *Cultus Arborum: A Descriptive Account of Phallic Tree Worship* (1890)
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    Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Cultus Arborum: A Descriptive Account of Phallic Tree Worship (1890)

    Law and Ordure: *Scatalogic Rites of All Nations* (1891)
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    Customs & Culture, Food, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Law and Ordure: Scatalogic Rites of All Nations (1891)

    The Book of Bread (1903)
    Books / 
    Food

    The Book of Bread (1903)

    Fearful Symmetry: Inkblot Books (1857–1915)
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    Animals & Beasts, Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    Fearful Symmetry: Inkblot Books (1857–1915)

    Harris’s List of Covent-Garden Ladies (1757–95)
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    Love & Lust

    Harris’s List of Covent-Garden Ladies (1757–95)

    Reciting Pictures: Buddhist Texts for the Illiterate
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    Customs & Culture, Communication, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Reciting Pictures: Buddhist Texts for the Illiterate

    John Uri Lloyd’s *Etidorhpa* (1895)
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    John Uri Lloyd’s Etidorhpa (1895)

    Through the First Antarctic Night (1900)
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration

    Through the First Antarctic Night (1900)

    Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours (1814)
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    Science & Medicine, Music & Arts, Natural World

    Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours (1814)

    Mazes and Labyrinths (1922)
    Books / 
    Landscapes, Religion, Myth & Legend, Customs & Culture, Geometry & Diagrams

    Mazes and Labyrinths (1922)

    Spells Against the Evil Spirits of Babylonia (1903)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    Spells Against the Evil Spirits of Babylonia (1903)

    Hamonshu: A Japanese Book of Wave and Ripple Designs (1903)
    Books / 
    Design & Typography, Natural World

    Hamonshu: A Japanese Book of Wave and Ripple Designs (1903)

    British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1880)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1880)

    Mary Wollstonecraft’s Adventures in Scandinavia
    Books / 
    Politics, Travel & Exploration

    Mary Wollstonecraft’s Adventures in Scandinavia

    The Book of Exposition: A Collection of 15th-Century Erotica from the Middle East (1900)
    Books / 
    Love & Lust

    The Book of Exposition: A Collection of 15th-Century Erotica from the Middle East (1900)

    Napoleon’s “Englich” Lessons
    Books / 
    Communication

    Napoleon’s “Englich” Lessons

    A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1788)
    Books / 
    Communication

    A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1788)

    Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911) — Cats and Captions before the Internet Age
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911) — Cats and Captions before the Internet Age

    Hieroglyphic Journal of a Voyage to the Caribbean (1815)
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration

    Hieroglyphic Journal of a Voyage to the Caribbean (1815)

    A Journey Round my Room (1871 edition)
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration

    A Journey Round my Room (1871 edition)

    The Pioneer ov Simplified Speling, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1912)
    Books / 
    Communication

    The Pioneer ov Simplified Speling, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1912)

    Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904)

    Emanuel Swedenborg’s Journal of Dreams and Spiritual Experiences in the Year 1744 (1918)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Love & Lust

    Emanuel Swedenborg’s Journal of Dreams and Spiritual Experiences in the Year 1744 (1918)

    Catalogue from Belcher Mosaic Glass Co. (1886)
    Books / 
    Music & Arts

    Catalogue from Belcher Mosaic Glass Co. (1886)

    From India to the Planet Mars (1900)
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    Ghosts & Occult, Colonialism & the 'Other', Astronomy & Space

    From India to the Planet Mars (1900)

    Apollinaire’s Calligrammes (1918)
    Books / 
    War

    Apollinaire’s Calligrammes (1918)

    The Cynic’s Word Book (1906)
    Books / 
    Communication

    The Cynic’s Word Book (1906)

    The Expositor, or Many Mysteries Unravelled - including that of the Learned Pig (1805)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Strange Phenomena

    The Expositor, or Many Mysteries Unravelled - including that of the Learned Pig (1805)

    The Nitrous Oxide Experiments of Humphry Davy
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    Science & Medicine

    The Nitrous Oxide Experiments of Humphry Davy

    Account of a Very Remarkable Young Musician (1769)
    Books / 
    Music & Arts

    Account of a Very Remarkable Young Musician (1769)

    Texts in Sebald’s *The Rings of Saturn*
    Books

    Texts in Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn

    The Hasheesh Eater (1857)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine

    The Hasheesh Eater (1857)

    Extracts from the Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks (1769)
    Books / 
    Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Extracts from the Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks (1769)

    A Dictionary of Victorian Slang (1909)
    Books / 
    Communication

    A Dictionary of Victorian Slang (1909)

    Diary Days from Christmas Past
    Books / 
    People, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Diary Days from Christmas Past

    Robert Louis Stevenson’s Baby Book (1922)
    Books / 
    People, Wisdom

    Robert Louis Stevenson’s Baby Book (1922)

    The Hole Book (1908)
    Books

    The Hole Book (1908)

    Catalogue of the 68 Competitive Designs for the Great Tower for London (1890)
    Books / 
    Design & Typography, Architecture

    Catalogue of the 68 Competitive Designs for the Great Tower for London (1890)

    The First Six Books of The Elements of Euclid (1847)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography

    The First Six Books of The Elements of Euclid (1847)

    A Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden (1899)
    Books / 
    Natural World

    A Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden (1899)

    A Burlesque Translation of Homer (1797)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    A Burlesque Translation of Homer (1797)

    Aino Folktales (1888)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Stories

    Aino Folktales (1888)

    Musaeum Clausum (1684)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Music & Arts

    Musaeum Clausum (1684)

    Madame Tussaud’s Napoleon Relics, Pictures and Other Curiosities (1901)
    Books / 
    People

    Madame Tussaud’s Napoleon Relics, Pictures and Other Curiosities (1901)

    Uriah Jewett and the Sea Serpent of Lake Memphemagog (1917)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, People, Religion, Myth & Legend, Strange Phenomena

    Uriah Jewett and the Sea Serpent of Lake Memphemagog (1917)

    The Eccentric Mirror (1807)
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    People

    The Eccentric Mirror (1807)

    Hydriotaphia/Urn-Burial and The Garden of Cyrus (1658)
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    Death, Customs & Culture

    Hydriotaphia/Urn-Burial and The Garden of Cyrus (1658)

    The Last American (1889)
    Books / 
    Politics, Colonialism & the 'Other', The Future

    The Last American (1889)

    The Danger of Premature Interment (1816)
    Books / 
    Death, Customs & Culture

    The Danger of Premature Interment (1816)

    English As She Is Spoke (1884)
    Books / 
    Communication

    English As She Is Spoke (1884)

    Old French Fairytales, illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett (1920)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Stories

    Old French Fairytales, illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett (1920)