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    D. A. Rovinskii’s Collection of Russian Lubki (18th–19th Century)
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    Animals & Beasts, People, Politics

    D. A. Rovinskii’s Collection of Russian Lubki (18th–19th Century)

    The Geometric Landscapes of Lorenz Stoer (1567)
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    Design & Typography, Architecture, Geometry & Diagrams

    The Geometric Landscapes of Lorenz Stoer (1567)

    John Reynolds’ Book of Murder Tales (1621–1635)
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    Death, Crime & Law

    John Reynolds’ Book of Murder Tales (1621–1635)

    Dorothy Wordsworth’s Journal of a Few Months’ Residence in Portugal (1847)
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration

    Dorothy Wordsworth’s Journal of a Few Months’ Residence in Portugal (1847)

    Persian Demons from a Book of Magic and Astrology (1921)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    Persian Demons from a Book of Magic and Astrology (1921)

    Various Apocalyptic Scenes from the Prophetic Messenger (ca. 1827–61)
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    Politics, Ghosts & Occult, War

    Various Apocalyptic Scenes from the Prophetic Messenger (ca. 1827–61)

    Tlingit Myths and Texts (1909)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Tlingit Myths and Texts (1909)

    First Paper to Link CO2 and Global Warming, by Eunice Foote (1856)
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    Science & Medicine

    First Paper to Link CO2 and Global Warming, by Eunice Foote (1856)

    Augustus Jansson’s Queen City Ink Adverts (1903–1907)
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    Animals & Beasts, People

    Augustus Jansson’s Queen City Ink Adverts (1903–1907)

    The Narrative of Henry Box Brown (1849)
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    People

    The Narrative of Henry Box Brown (1849)

    Photographs of Japanese Sword Guards (1916)
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    Design & Typography

    Photographs of Japanese Sword Guards (1916)

    Buffon and de Sève’s Quadrupeds (1754)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Buffon and de Sève’s Quadrupeds (1754)

    Chester Harding’s My Egotistigraphy (1866)
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    People, Music & Arts

    Chester Harding’s My Egotistigraphy (1866)

    John O. Westwood’s Facsimiles of Anglo-Saxon and Irish Manuscripts (1868)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    John O. Westwood’s Facsimiles of Anglo-Saxon and Irish Manuscripts (1868)

    Octave Uzanne’s “The End of Books” (1894)
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    Technology, The Future

    Octave Uzanne’s “The End of Books” (1894)

    John Margolies’ Photographs of Roadside America
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    Design & Typography

    John Margolies’ Photographs of Roadside America

    The History of Burke and Hare and of the Resurrectionist Times (1884)
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    Death, Crime & Law

    The History of Burke and Hare and of the Resurrectionist Times (1884)

    The Golfer’s Rubáiyát and other 20th-Century Parodies
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    Sport & Exercise

    The Golfer’s Rubáiyát and other 20th-Century Parodies

    The Unicorn Tapestries (1495–1505)
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Unicorn Tapestries (1495–1505)

    Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Gold-Bug” (1843)
    Books / 
    Communication

    Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Gold-Bug” (1843)

    Edward Lear’s Nonsense Botany (1871–77)
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    Natural World, Humour & Satire

    Edward Lear’s Nonsense Botany (1871–77)

    Optics Illustrations from the Physics Textbooks of Amédée Guillemin (1868/1882)
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    Science & Medicine

    Optics Illustrations from the Physics Textbooks of Amédée Guillemin (1868/1882)

    Fabre’s Book of Insects (1921)
    Books / 
    Natural World

    Fabre’s Book of Insects (1921)

    The False Young Man (1937)
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    Love & Lust, Crime & Law

    The False Young Man (1937)