Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Gold-Bug” (1843)
Poe’s story of a treasure hunt, revealing the fantastical writer’s hyper-rational penchant for cracking codes….more
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Physical Training for Business Men (1917)
A superb series of photographs found in exercise manual by American author Harrie Irving Hancock….more
Schneider Von Groot’s Christmas Dream (1885)
Born of the temperance movement, this poem dramatises the ills of drinking schnapps, through one man’s bloody battle with thousands of intoxicated demons….more
Hokusai’s Ghost Stories (ca. 1830)
Hokusai’s five ghoulish prints for the series Hyaku Monogatari [One Hundred Ghost Stories]….more
The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy (1917)
First film by stop-motion animation pioneer Willis O’Brien who in 1933 would go on to make his best known film, King Kong….more
The Tragedy of the Seas (1841)
Colourful compendium of 37 nautical catastrophes that took place in bodies of water around the world between 1803 and 1840….more
Allegorical Maps of Love, Courtship, and Matrimony
Collection of allegorical maps (17th–19th century) charting that heady territory of love, courtship, and marriage….more
Ernst Haeckel’s Jellyfish
Haeckel’s stunning illustrations of medusae, in whose ethereal forms he glimpsed a reflection of his first wife, who died tragically at the age of 29….more
E. T. A. Hoffmann’s Strange Stories
English translation of E. T. A. Hoffmann’s Nachtstücke published in 1816, a collection of supernatural horror short stories including his classic The Sandman….more
Maps Showing California as an Island
California used to be thought of as an island. This stunning collection of 17th- and 18th-century maps illustrates how….more
The Egg Dance: From Peasant Village to Political Caricature
The egg dance was a traditional Easter game involving the laying down of eggs on the ground or floor and dancing among them whilst trying to break as few as possibl…more
The Diverting History of John Gilpin: Shewing how he Went Further than he Intended, and Came Safe Home Again (1782)
A 1906 edition of William Cowper’s famous ballad, illustrated with brilliantly comic woodcuts from Robert Seaver….more
