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    Japanese Prints of Western Inventors, Artists and Scholars (1873)
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    Colonialism & the ‘Other’, Customs & Culture, Technology

    Japanese Prints of Western Inventors, Artists and Scholars (1873)

    Little Tich and his Big Boot Dance (1900)
    Film

    Little Tich and his Big Boot Dance (1900)

    A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future (1894)
    Books / 
    Astronomy & Space, The Future

    A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future (1894)

    Flemish Mask Designs in the Grotesque Style (1555)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Flemish Mask Designs in the Grotesque Style (1555)

    Manipulus Vocabulorum: a Rhyming Dictionary from the 16th Century
    Books / 
    Communication

    Manipulus Vocabulorum: a Rhyming Dictionary from the 16th Century

    Palacio’s Plan for Colossal Monument to Columbus (1890)
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    Architecture

    Palacio’s Plan for Colossal Monument to Columbus (1890)

    The Centaurs, a Fragment (1921)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Love & Lust

    The Centaurs, a Fragment (1921)

    The Man Who Recovered the Use of His Tongue, after Four Years Dumb, by means of a Frightful Dream (1747)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena

    The Man Who Recovered the Use of His Tongue, after Four Years Dumb, by means of a Frightful Dream (1747)

    Flag Semaphore GIF
    Animated GIF

    Flag Semaphore GIF

    The Prophecy of the Popes (15th Century)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Prophecy of the Popes (15th Century)

    A Treatise on Adulteration of Food and Culinary Poisons (1820)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Death

    A Treatise on Adulteration of Food and Culinary Poisons (1820)

    The Physiognomy of Hands (1917)
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    Science & Medicine, Emotion & Expression

    The Physiognomy of Hands (1917)

    Mungo Park’s Travels in the Interior of Africa (1858)
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration

    Mungo Park’s Travels in the Interior of Africa (1858)

    Tesseract (2013)
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    Tesseract (2013)

    Leaving the Opera in the Year 2000
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    The Future

    Leaving the Opera in the Year 2000

    The Adventures of Cinderella (ca.1810)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Adventures of Cinderella (ca.1810)

    An Alphabet of Organic Type (ca. 1650)
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    Design & Typography

    An Alphabet of Organic Type (ca. 1650)

    Mimes by Marcel Schwob (1901)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Mimes by Marcel Schwob (1901)

    The New York World’s Fair, 1939-40
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    People, The Future

    The New York World’s Fair, 1939-40

    Punishment in the Afterlife: an Eastern Turki Manuscript
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Punishment in the Afterlife: an Eastern Turki Manuscript

    Living Lights: a Popular Account of Phosphorescent Animals and Vegetables (1887)
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    Animals & Beasts, Strange Phenomena

    Living Lights: a Popular Account of Phosphorescent Animals and Vegetables (1887)

    Life and Death Contrasted (ca. 1770)
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    Wisdom, Death

    Life and Death Contrasted (ca. 1770)

    Tractatus de Herbis (ca.1440)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Tractatus de Herbis (ca.1440)

    Shtetl, My Destroyed Home: A Remembrance (1922)
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    People, Politics

    Shtetl, My Destroyed Home: A Remembrance (1922)