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    Alphonse Bertillon’s Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits (ca. 1909)
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    Technology, Geometry & Diagrams, Crime & Law, Emotion & Expression

    Alphonse Bertillon’s Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits (ca. 1909)

    The Civil War Sketches of Adolph Metzner (1861–64)
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    War

    The Civil War Sketches of Adolph Metzner (1861–64)

    On the Disposition of Iron in Variegated Strata (1868)
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    Landscapes, Natural World

    On the Disposition of Iron in Variegated Strata (1868)

    Émile-Antoine Bayard’s Illustrations for Around the Moon by Jules Verne (1870)
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    Technology, Astronomy & Space

    Émile-Antoine Bayard’s Illustrations for Around the Moon by Jules Verne (1870)

    Illustrations from the Lights of Canopus (1847)
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    Animals & Beasts, Wisdom

    Illustrations from the Lights of Canopus (1847)

    Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African (1784)
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    Customs & Culture

    Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African (1784)

    The First Shape Book: Little Red Riding Hood (1863)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    The First Shape Book: Little Red Riding Hood (1863)

    Park Conscious (1938)
    Film / 
    Landscapes

    Park Conscious (1938)

    Woodrow Wilson On Democratic Principles (1912)
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    Politics

    Woodrow Wilson On Democratic Principles (1912)

    Hieroglyphic Journal of a Voyage to the Caribbean (1815)
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    Travel & Exploration

    Hieroglyphic Journal of a Voyage to the Caribbean (1815)

    The Victrola Book of the Opera (1913)
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    Music & Arts

    The Victrola Book of the Opera (1913)

    Chladni Figures (1787)
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    Science & Medicine

    Chladni Figures (1787)

    Kusakabe Kimbei’s Photographs of Late 19th-Century Japan
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    People

    Kusakabe Kimbei’s Photographs of Late 19th-Century Japan

    William Sharp’s Chromolithographs of The Great Water Lily (1854)
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    Natural World

    William Sharp’s Chromolithographs of The Great Water Lily (1854)

    “Dialogue Between Frederick Ruysch and His Mummies” by Giacomo Leopardi (1827)
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    Death

    “Dialogue Between Frederick Ruysch and His Mummies” by Giacomo Leopardi (1827)

    Destination Earth (1956)
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    Politics, Technology

    Destination Earth (1956)

    The Heart of Man; Either a Temple of God, or a Habitation of Satan; Represented in Ten Emblematical Figures (1851)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Heart of Man; Either a Temple of God, or a Habitation of Satan; Represented in Ten Emblematical Figures (1851)

    The History of Ink: Including its Etymology, Chemistry, and Bibliography (1860)
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    Music & Arts, Technology

    The History of Ink: Including its Etymology, Chemistry, and Bibliography (1860)

    Music in the Margins: The Funeral of Reynard the Fox (13th century)
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Music in the Margins: The Funeral of Reynard the Fox (13th century)

    Micromégas by Voltaire (1752)
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    Wisdom, Astronomy & Space, The Future

    Micromégas by Voltaire (1752)

    The Concealed Erotic Paintings of Sommonte (19th Century)
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    Love & Lust

    The Concealed Erotic Paintings of Sommonte (19th Century)

    The Hawaiian Quintette (1913)
    Audio

    The Hawaiian Quintette (1913)

    Alexander Graham Bell’s Tetrahedral Kites (1903–9)
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    Science & Medicine, Geometry & Diagrams

    Alexander Graham Bell’s Tetrahedral Kites (1903–9)

    Eighteen Hundred and Eleven (1812)
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    Politics, War

    Eighteen Hundred and Eleven (1812)