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    *The Mowing-Devil* (1678), or, the Earliest Known Depiction of a Crop Circle
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Strange Phenomena, Ghosts & Occult

    The Mowing-Devil (1678), or, the Earliest Known Depiction of a Crop Circle

    Perspiration, Bilocation, and Plagiarisation: “The Heat Wave” (1929)
    Books / 
    Natural World, Cities

    Perspiration, Bilocation, and Plagiarisation: “The Heat Wave” (1929)

    The “Private” Photographs of Bolette Berg and Marie Høeg (ca. 1895–1903)
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    Emotion & Expression, Fashion, Love & Lust

    The “Private” Photographs of Bolette Berg and Marie Høeg (ca. 1895–1903)

    The Language of Form: Lothar Schreyer’s *Kreuzigung* (1920)
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    Design & Typography, Music & Arts

    The Language of Form: Lothar Schreyer’s Kreuzigung (1920)

    Strings Attached: Helen Haiman Joseph’s *A Book of Marionettes* (1920)
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    Music & Arts

    Strings Attached: Helen Haiman Joseph’s A Book of Marionettes (1920)

    Off with Their Heads: Illustrations of Blemmyes (ca. 1175–1724)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Colonialism & the ‘Other’, Travel & Exploration

    Off with Their Heads: Illustrations of Blemmyes (ca. 1175–1724)

    Drawing on Tradition: Elena Izcue’s *Peruvian Art in the School* (1926)
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    Customs & Culture, Music & Arts

    Drawing on Tradition: Elena Izcue’s Peruvian Art in the School (1926)

    Charles Davy’s *Conjectural Observations on the Origin and Progress of Alphabetic Writing* (1772)
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    Customs & Culture, Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Charles Davy’s Conjectural Observations on the Origin and Progress of Alphabetic Writing (1772)

    Bernard Sleigh’s *Anciente Mappe of Fairyland* (ca. 1920 edition)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Maps, Religion, Myth & Legend, Music & Arts, Travel & Exploration, Wisdom, Education

    Bernard Sleigh’s Anciente Mappe of Fairyland (ca. 1920 edition)

    “The Great Enigma of Our Times”: Henry George’s *Poverty and Progress* (1881 edition)
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    Politics, Technology, Work

    “The Great Enigma of Our Times”: Henry George’s Poverty and Progress (1881 edition)

    Gilded Fish: Illustrations from *Histoire naturelle des dorades de la Chine* (1780)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Gilded Fish: Illustrations from Histoire naturelle des dorades de la Chine (1780)

    Charles Butler’s *The Feminine Monarchie, or the History of Bees* (1634 edition)
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    Animals & Beasts, Politics

    Charles Butler’s The Feminine Monarchie, or the History of Bees (1634 edition)

    Mudpots and Fumaroles: Lithographs of Yellowstone’s Thermal Springs (1883)
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    Landscapes, Natural World

    Mudpots and Fumaroles: Lithographs of Yellowstone’s Thermal Springs (1883)

    Tangled Dürer: The Six Knots (ca. before 1521)
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    Design & Typography

    Tangled Dürer: The Six Knots (ca. before 1521)

    Nikolai Agnivtsev’s *Little Screw* (1925)
    Books / 
    Politics

    Nikolai Agnivtsev’s Little Screw (1925)

    Oskar Kokoschka, Hermine Moos, and the Alma Mahler Doll
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    Love & Lust, Music & Arts

    Oskar Kokoschka, Hermine Moos, and the Alma Mahler Doll

    Photographs of the Samaritan Passover on Mount Gerizim (1917)
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    Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Photographs of the Samaritan Passover on Mount Gerizim (1917)

    *Sea Monsters Unmasked* and *Sea Fables Explained* by Henry Lee (1883)
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend, Science & Medicine

    Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by Henry Lee (1883)

    Sheet Mewsic: Moritz von Schwind’s *Katzensymphonie* (1868)
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    Animals & Beasts, Humour & Satire

    Sheet Mewsic: Moritz von Schwind’s Katzensymphonie (1868)

    “The Form of a Demon and the Heart of a Person”: Kitagawa Utamaro’s Prints of Yamauba and Kintarō (ca. 1800)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    “The Form of a Demon and the Heart of a Person”: Kitagawa Utamaro’s Prints of Yamauba and Kintarō (ca. 1800)

    Uncommon Sense: Edward B. Foote’s *Plain Home Talk* (1896 edition)
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    Customs & Culture, Science & Medicine, Wisdom

    Uncommon Sense: Edward B. Foote’s Plain Home Talk (1896 edition)

    Bedded Bugs and Stung Beetles: *The Cameraman’s Revenge* (1912)
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    Animals & Beasts, Love & Lust, Technology

    Bedded Bugs and Stung Beetles: The Cameraman’s Revenge (1912)

    Through a Glass Lushly: Michalina Janoszanka’s Reverse Paintings (ca. 1920s)
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    Animals & Beasts, Music & Arts, Natural World

    Through a Glass Lushly: Michalina Janoszanka’s Reverse Paintings (ca. 1920s)

    *The Mermaid “at Home!”* (1809)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    The Mermaid “at Home!” (1809)