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    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)

    *Ostrich Egg-Shell Cups of Mesopotamia and the Ostrich in Ancient and Modern Times* (1926)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture

    Ostrich Egg-Shell Cups of Mesopotamia and the Ostrich in Ancient and Modern Times (1926)

    Master of Claude de France’s Book of Flower Studies (ca. 1510–1515)
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    Natural World

    Master of Claude de France’s Book of Flower Studies (ca. 1510–1515)

    José Guadalupe Posada’s Engravings of Unusual Births (ca. 1880–1910)
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    Animals & Beasts, Strange Phenomena, Science & Medicine

    José Guadalupe Posada’s Engravings of Unusual Births (ca. 1880–1910)

    The Drift of Things: David Goodman Croly’s *Glimpses of the Future* (1888)
    Books / 
    The Future

    The Drift of Things: David Goodman Croly’s Glimpses of the Future (1888)

    Gustatory Wisdom: Bruegel the Elder’s *Twelve Proverbs* (1558)
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    Wisdom, Customs & Culture

    Gustatory Wisdom: Bruegel the Elder’s Twelve Proverbs (1558)

    What Is It Like to Be a Bass? Fish-Eye View Photography (1919–22)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Sport & Exercise

    What Is It Like to Be a Bass? Fish-Eye View Photography (1919–22)

    Reality Iced: Robert J. Flaherty’s *Nanook of the North* (1922)
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    Customs & Culture, Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Reality Iced: Robert J. Flaherty’s Nanook of the North (1922)

    Pied Beauty: Wari Tie-Dye Textiles (ca. 425–1100)
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    Customs & Culture, Design & Typography, Fashion

    Pied Beauty: Wari Tie-Dye Textiles (ca. 425–1100)

    George Baxter’s Print of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs (ca. 1854)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    George Baxter’s Print of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs (ca. 1854)

    Peckish Alphabetics: *The Tragical Death of a Apple-Pye* (ca. 1793–1796)
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    Communication

    Peckish Alphabetics: The Tragical Death of a Apple-Pye (ca. 1793–1796)

    A Wetted Beak: Engravings from Pauline Knip’s *Les Pigeons* (1811)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    A Wetted Beak: Engravings from Pauline Knip’s Les Pigeons (1811)

    Piled High: 17th-Century Dutch Banquet Scenes
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Food

    Piled High: 17th-Century Dutch Banquet Scenes

    Happy Together: *The Laughing Prince: A Book of Jugoslav Fairy Tales and Folk Tales* (1921)
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    Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Happy Together: The Laughing Prince: A Book of Jugoslav Fairy Tales and Folk Tales (1921)

    Alfred G. Mayer’s *On the Color and Color-Patterns of Moths and Butterflies* (1897)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Alfred G. Mayer’s On the Color and Color-Patterns of Moths and Butterflies (1897)

    Perpetual Movement: Francis Picabia’s *391* Review (1917–1924)
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    Customs & Culture, Design & Typography, Music & Arts

    Perpetual Movement: Francis Picabia’s 391 Review (1917–1924)

    “How He Came to Life One Day”: Photographs of Snowmen (1854–1950)
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    Customs & Culture

    “How He Came to Life One Day”: Photographs of Snowmen (1854–1950)

    True Crime: Allan Pinkerton’s *Thirty Years a Detective* (1884)
    Books / 
    Crime & Law

    True Crime: Allan Pinkerton’s Thirty Years a Detective (1884)

    Fantastic Planet: The Microscopy Album of Marinus Pieter Filbri (1887–88)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Fantastic Planet: The Microscopy Album of Marinus Pieter Filbri (1887–88)

    Diagramming Dante: Michelangelo Caetani’s Maps of the *Divina Commedia* (1855/1872)
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    Music & Arts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Diagramming Dante: Michelangelo Caetani’s Maps of the Divina Commedia (1855/1872)

    Karel Čapek’s *Letters from England* (1925)
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    Travel & Exploration

    Karel Čapek’s Letters from England (1925)

    Christoph Jamnitzer’s *Neuw Grotteßken Buch* (1610)
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    Design & Typography

    Christoph Jamnitzer’s Neuw Grotteßken Buch (1610)

    *Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs* (1869)
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    Love & Lust, Science & Medicine

    Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs (1869)