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    The Physiognomy of Hands (1917)
    Images / 
    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)
    Animated GIF

    Tesseract (2013)

    Leaving the Opera in the Year 2000
    Images / 
    The Future

    Leaving the Opera in the Year 2000

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

    The Adventures of Cinderella (ca.1810)

    An Alphabet of Organic Type (ca. 1650)
    Images / 
    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
    Film / 
    People, The Future

    The New York World’s Fair, 1939-40

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

    Punishment in the Afterlife: an Eastern Turki Manuscript

    Living Lights: a Popular Account of Phosphorescent Animals and Vegetables (1887)
    Books / 
    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)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Tractatus de Herbis (ca.1440)

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

    Shtetl, My Destroyed Home: A Remembrance (1922)

    Arthur Coga’s Blood Transfusion (1667)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine

    Arthur Coga’s Blood Transfusion (1667)

    Mister Fox (1870)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Mister Fox (1870)

    Mary and Gretel (1917)
    Film / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Mary and Gretel (1917)

    Sartorial Foresight: *Future Dictates of Fashion* (1893)
    Books / 
    Fashion, The Future

    Sartorial Foresight: Future Dictates of Fashion (1893)

    Highlights from the 20,000+ maps made freely available online by New York Public Library
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    Maps

    Highlights from the 20,000+ maps made freely available online by New York Public Library

    Recordings of Pygmy Music from the 1946 Ogooué-Congo Mission
    Audio / 
    Colonialism & the 'Other', Customs & Culture

    Recordings of Pygmy Music from the 1946 Ogooué-Congo Mission

    The Nitrous Oxide Experiments of Humphry Davy
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine

    The Nitrous Oxide Experiments of Humphry Davy

    The 25 Stages from Courtship to Marriage
    Images / 
    Love & Lust

    The 25 Stages from Courtship to Marriage

    The Home Movies of Frank Richard Oastler
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts, Landscapes, Natural World

    The Home Movies of Frank Richard Oastler

    Women Painters of the World: from the time of Caterina Vigri to Rosa Bonheur (1905)
    Books / 
    Music & Arts

    Women Painters of the World: from the time of Caterina Vigri to Rosa Bonheur (1905)

    The Tibetan Book of Proportions
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    Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend, Geometry & Diagrams

    The Tibetan Book of Proportions