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    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)

    Early Experiments with X-Rays (1896)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Early Experiments with X-Rays (1896)

    John Milton’s Frontispiece Prank
    Images / 
    Music & Arts, Humour & Satire

    John Milton’s Frontispiece Prank

    The Celestial Atlas of Andreas Cellarius (1660)
    Images / 
    Maps, Geometry & Diagrams, Astronomy & Space

    The Celestial Atlas of Andreas Cellarius (1660)

    Pepys’s Ghost (1899)
    Books / 
    Humour & Satire

    Pepys’s Ghost (1899)

    The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy (1917)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts

    The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy (1917)

    Images from William Saville-Kent’s The Great Barrier Reef of Australia (1893)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Images from William Saville-Kent’s The Great Barrier Reef of Australia (1893)