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    Georg Bartisch’s Ophthalmodouleia (1583)
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    Science & Medicine

    Georg Bartisch’s Ophthalmodouleia (1583)

    The Key of Hell: an 18th-Century Manual on Black Magic
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    Ghosts & Occult

    The Key of Hell: an 18th-Century Manual on Black Magic

    Apollinaire’s Calligrammes (1918)
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    War

    Apollinaire’s Calligrammes (1918)

    Harry Kellar’s Show Posters
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    Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    Harry Kellar’s Show Posters

    Spectropia; or, Surprising Spectral Illusions (1865)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    Spectropia; or, Surprising Spectral Illusions (1865)

    The Art of Ornamental Orange Peeling (1910)
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    Natural World, Strange Phenomena

    The Art of Ornamental Orange Peeling (1910)

    The First Circus (1921)
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    Animals & Beasts, Drugs

    The First Circus (1921)

    Erotic Cameos from Antiquity (ca. 1771)
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    Love & Lust

    Erotic Cameos from Antiquity (ca. 1771)

    Hi-Res Images from the Apollo Missions
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    Travel & Exploration, Astronomy & Space

    Hi-Res Images from the Apollo Missions

    Illustrations from an Italian Book of Proverbs (1718)
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    Wisdom

    Illustrations from an Italian Book of Proverbs (1718)

    Seeing London (1918)
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    Architecture

    Seeing London (1918)

    Gynecological Gymnastics from Outer Space (1895)
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    Science & Medicine

    Gynecological Gymnastics from Outer Space (1895)

    The American Anti-Slavery Almanac for 1838
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    Politics, Customs & Culture

    The American Anti-Slavery Almanac for 1838

    “Interruptions” performed by Tom Woottwell (1909)
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    Humour & Satire

    “Interruptions” performed by Tom Woottwell (1909)

    Watercolours from a 16th-Century De Materia Medica
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    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Watercolours from a 16th-Century De Materia Medica

    Footage of the Twin Towers Being Built (1976)
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    Architecture

    Footage of the Twin Towers Being Built (1976)

    Portraits of Ellis Island Immigrants
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    People

    Portraits of Ellis Island Immigrants

    Caw! Caw! or The Chronicle of Crows (ca. 1848)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Caw! Caw! or The Chronicle of Crows (ca. 1848)

    19th-Century Album of Ottoman Fashion
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    Fashion

    19th-Century Album of Ottoman Fashion

    Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk (1836)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Love & Lust

    Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk (1836)

    16th-Century Pattern Book for Scribes
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    Design & Typography

    16th-Century Pattern Book for Scribes

    At the Moving Picture Ball (1920)
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    People

    At the Moving Picture Ball (1920)

    Queen Victoria’s Teenage Diaries (1912)
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    People

    Queen Victoria’s Teenage Diaries (1912)

    Chart of the Inner Landscape (1886)
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    Science & Medicine

    Chart of the Inner Landscape (1886)