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    Ogawa Kazumasa’s Hand-Coloured Photographs of Flowers (1896)
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    Natural World

    Ogawa Kazumasa’s Hand-Coloured Photographs of Flowers (1896)

    The Fourth Dimension and the Bible (1922)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Geometry & Diagrams

    The Fourth Dimension and the Bible (1922)

    Philippine Folk Tales (1916)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Stories

    Philippine Folk Tales (1916)

    Hans Prinzhorn’s Artistry of the Mentally Ill (1922)
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    Colonialism & the 'Other', Music & Arts

    Hans Prinzhorn’s Artistry of the Mentally Ill (1922)

    Medieval Pattern Poems of Rabanus Maurus (9th Century)
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    Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend, Communication

    Medieval Pattern Poems of Rabanus Maurus (9th Century)

    Shakespeare Songs from Victor Records
    Audio / 
    Music & Arts

    Shakespeare Songs from Victor Records

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

    Mazes and Labyrinths (1922)

    The Art of Book Covers (1820–1914)
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    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
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    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)
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    Design & Typography, Architecture

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

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

    Robert Fludd’s Memory Tricks (1617)

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

    Paterson’s Roads (1826 edition)

    Physical Training for Business Men (1917)
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    Sport & Exercise

    Physical Training for Business Men (1917)

    Characters and Caricaturas by William Hogarth (1743)
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    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)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    Hokusai’s Ghost Stories (ca. 1830)

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

    Photographs of (models of) the moon (1874)

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

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

    Polychrome Woodblocks of Itō Jakuchū Birds
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    Animals & Beasts

    Polychrome Woodblocks of Itō Jakuchū Birds

    Anecdotes of Animals (1905)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Anecdotes of Animals (1905)

    Nineteenth-Century Textspeak
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    Communication

    Nineteenth-Century Textspeak