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    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)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Natural World

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

    Ye Butcher, Ye Baker, Ye Candlestick-Maker (1908)
    Books / 
    Work

    Ye Butcher, Ye Baker, Ye Candlestick-Maker (1908)

    Hamonshu: A Japanese Book of Wave and Ripple Designs (1903)
    Books / 
    Design & Typography, Natural World

    Hamonshu: A Japanese Book of Wave and Ripple Designs (1903)

    The Tragedy of the Seas (1841)
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration, Death

    The Tragedy of the Seas (1841)

    The Triumphal Arch of Emperor Maximilian I (1515)
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    Politics, Architecture

    The Triumphal Arch of Emperor Maximilian I (1515)

    Cosmography Manuscript (12th Century)
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    Geometry & Diagrams

    Cosmography Manuscript (12th Century)

    Bon-Mots of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century (1897)
    Books / 
    Humour & Satire

    Bon-Mots of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century (1897)

    The Laughing Song (1904)
    Audio / 
    Humour & Satire

    The Laughing Song (1904)

    Flatfish Camouflage Experiments (1911)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Flatfish Camouflage Experiments (1911)

    Albert Racinet’s L’Ornement Polychrome (1869–73)
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    Design & Typography, Architecture, Music & Arts

    Albert Racinet’s L’Ornement Polychrome (1869–73)

    Scrapbook of Hand-Coloured Juvenile Woodcut Emblems
    Books / 
    Wisdom

    Scrapbook of Hand-Coloured Juvenile Woodcut Emblems

    The Sexual Life of our Time in its Relations to Modern Civilization ([1906] 1909)
    Books

    The Sexual Life of our Time in its Relations to Modern Civilization ([1906] 1909)

    Allegorical Maps of Love, Courtship, and Matrimony
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    Love & Lust

    Allegorical Maps of Love, Courtship, and Matrimony

    1970: A Vision of the Coming Age (1870)
    Books / 
    The Future

    1970: A Vision of the Coming Age (1870)

    British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1880)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1880)

    Fore-Edge Book Paintings from the Boston Public Library
    Images / 
    Landscapes, Music & Arts

    Fore-Edge Book Paintings from the Boston Public Library

    The Bakemono Zukushi “Monster” Scroll (18th–19th century)
    Images / 
    Ghosts & Occult

    The Bakemono Zukushi “Monster” Scroll (18th–19th century)

    Ernst Haeckel’s Jellyfish
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    Ernst Haeckel’s Jellyfish

    Mary Wollstonecraft’s Adventures in Scandinavia
    Books / 
    Politics, Travel & Exploration

    Mary Wollstonecraft’s Adventures in Scandinavia