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    Mazes and Labyrinths (1922)
    Books / 
    Landscapes, Religion, Myth & Legend, Customs & Culture, Geometry & Diagrams

    Mazes and Labyrinths (1922)

    The Art of Book Covers (1820–1914)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography

    The Art of Book Covers (1820–1914)

    Alice’s Adventures in Shorthand (1919)
    Books / 
    Communication

    Alice’s Adventures in Shorthand (1919)

    Highlights from The Cleveland Museum of Art’s release of more than 30k images of public domain works
    Images / 
    Music & Arts

    Highlights from The Cleveland Museum of Art’s release of more than 30k images of public domain works

    The Library of the Future: A Vision of 1983 from 1883
    Books / 
    The Future

    The Library of the Future: A Vision of 1983 from 1883

    The Tomb and the Telephone Box: Soane’s Mausoleum (1816)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography, Architecture

    The Tomb and the Telephone Box: Soane’s Mausoleum (1816)

    Robert Fludd’s Memory Tricks (1617)
    Images / 
    Communication, Geometry & Diagrams

    Robert Fludd’s Memory Tricks (1617)

    Paterson’s Roads (1826 edition)
    Books / 
    Maps, Travel & Exploration

    Paterson’s Roads (1826 edition)

    Physical Training for Business Men (1917)
    Images / 
    Sport & Exercise

    Physical Training for Business Men (1917)

    Characters and Caricaturas by William Hogarth (1743)
    Images

    Characters and Caricaturas by William Hogarth (1743)

    Class of 2019
    Class of...

    Class of 2019

    Schneider Von Groot’s Christmas Dream (1885)
    Books / 
    Drugs

    Schneider Von Groot’s Christmas Dream (1885)

    Hokusai’s Ghost Stories (ca. 1830)
    Images / 
    Ghosts & Occult

    Hokusai’s Ghost Stories (ca. 1830)

    Photographs of (models of) the moon (1874)
    Images / 
    Astronomy & Space

    Photographs of (models of) the moon (1874)

    The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man (1750)
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man (1750)

    Polychrome Woodblocks of Itō Jakuchū Birds
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Polychrome Woodblocks of Itō Jakuchū Birds

    Anecdotes of Animals (1905)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Anecdotes of Animals (1905)

    Nineteenth-Century Textspeak
    Books / 
    Communication

    Nineteenth-Century Textspeak

    Landscapes of the Western Front, 1914–1918
    Images / 
    Landscapes, War

    Landscapes of the Western Front, 1914–1918

    East of the Sun and West of the Moon, illustrated by Kay Nielsen (1922 edition)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    East of the Sun and West of the Moon, illustrated by Kay Nielsen (1922 edition)

    Kumataro Ito’s Illustrations of Nudibranchs from the USS Albatross’ Philippine Expedition (ca. 1908)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Kumataro Ito’s Illustrations of Nudibranchs from the USS Albatross’ Philippine Expedition (ca. 1908)

    Spells Against the Evil Spirits of Babylonia (1903)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    Spells Against the Evil Spirits of Babylonia (1903)

    The Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century (1825)
    Books / 
    Ghosts & Occult

    The Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century (1825)

    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906)
    Film / 
    Strange Phenomena, Food

    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906)