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    Kaspar Hauser’s Art (1828–1833)
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    Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Kaspar Hauser’s Art (1828–1833)

    William Elliot Griffis’ Korean Fairy Tales (1922)
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    Customs & Culture

    William Elliot Griffis’ Korean Fairy Tales (1922)

    Joseph-Balthazar Sylvestre’s Alphabet Album (1843)
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    Design & Typography

    Joseph-Balthazar Sylvestre’s Alphabet Album (1843)

    Der Naturen Bloeme: The Flower of Nature (ca. 1350)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    Der Naturen Bloeme: The Flower of Nature (ca. 1350)

    Nonsenseorship (1922)
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    Customs & Culture

    Nonsenseorship (1922)

    Of Chickens, Eggs, and Cannonballs: Roger Fenton’s Valley of the Shadow of Death (1855)
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    War

    Of Chickens, Eggs, and Cannonballs: Roger Fenton’s Valley of the Shadow of Death (1855)

    Joseph Ducreux’s Self-Portraits (ca. 1790)
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    Emotion & Expression

    Joseph Ducreux’s Self-Portraits (ca. 1790)

    Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum (1652)
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    Ghosts & Occult, Religion, Myth & Legend, Science & Medicine

    Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum (1652)

    Ancient Courses: Harold Fisk’s Meander Maps of the Mississippi River (1944)
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    Maps, Natural World

    Ancient Courses: Harold Fisk’s Meander Maps of the Mississippi River (1944)

    “A Slight Freshness on the Neck”: Prints Depicting the Execution of Louis XVI (ca. 1793)
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    Death, Politics

    “A Slight Freshness on the Neck”: Prints Depicting the Execution of Louis XVI (ca. 1793)

    First Edition Pamphlet of Frederick Douglass’ “What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?” (1852)
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    Politics

    First Edition Pamphlet of Frederick Douglass’ “What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?” (1852)

    The Four Elements and Temperaments from an Album of Prints after Maerten de Vos (ca. 1583)
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    Natural World, Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Four Elements and Temperaments from an Album of Prints after Maerten de Vos (ca. 1583)

    William Wood’s The History and Antiquities of Eyam (1848)
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    Death, Religion, Myth & Legend

    William Wood’s The History and Antiquities of Eyam (1848)

    Early Photographs of Juneteenth Celebrations
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    Customs & Culture

    Early Photographs of Juneteenth Celebrations

    Kawanable Kyōsai’s Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (1890)
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    Animals & Beasts, Ghosts & Occult, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Kawanable Kyōsai’s Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (1890)

    Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus (1827)
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    Music & Arts

    Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus (1827)

    The Comet Book (1587)
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    Strange Phenomena, Astronomy & Space

    The Comet Book (1587)

    Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time (1896)
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    Customs & Culture

    Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time (1896)

    Erbario: a 15th-century Herbal from Northern Italy
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    Natural World

    Erbario: a 15th-century Herbal from Northern Italy

    Henrique Alvim Corrêa’s Illustrations for The War of the Worlds (1906)
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    War, Astronomy & Space

    Henrique Alvim Corrêa’s Illustrations for The War of the Worlds (1906)

    The Expressions of Emotion in the Pigeons (1909–11)
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    Animals & Beasts, Emotion & Expression

    The Expressions of Emotion in the Pigeons (1909–11)

    Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Bed Series: An Intimate Look Behind the Scenes at a Paris Brothel (1890s)
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    Love & Lust

    Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Bed Series: An Intimate Look Behind the Scenes at a Paris Brothel (1890s)

    Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron (ca. 1353)
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    Stories

    Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron (ca. 1353)

    Studies on Twilight Phenomena, after Krakatoa (1888)
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    Science & Medicine

    Studies on Twilight Phenomena, after Krakatoa (1888)