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    Plates from a History of the Carriby Islands (1666)
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    Animals & Beasts, Colonialism & the ‘Other’, Customs & Culture

    Plates from a History of the Carriby Islands (1666)

    *Popular Scientific Recreations* (1883 edition)
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    Science & Medicine

    Popular Scientific Recreations (1883 edition)

    One World or None (1946)
    Film / 
    Politics, War

    One World or None (1946)

    Owen Jones’ *Examples of Chinese Ornament* (1867)
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    Design & Typography

    Owen Jones’ Examples of Chinese Ornament (1867)

    The Sonnets of Michelangelo (1904 edition)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Music & Arts

    The Sonnets of Michelangelo (1904 edition)

    Will Rogers Talks to the Bankers (1924)
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    Politics

    Will Rogers Talks to the Bankers (1924)

    Illustrations from Vincenzo Requeno's *Discovery of Chironomia* (1797)
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    Science & Medicine

    Illustrations from Vincenzo Requeno's Discovery of Chironomia (1797)

    Robert Louis Stevenson’s Baby Book (1922)
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    People, Wisdom

    Robert Louis Stevenson’s Baby Book (1922)

    A Description of the Brain of Mr. Charles Babbage (1909)
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    Science & Medicine

    A Description of the Brain of Mr. Charles Babbage (1909)

    First Year Anniversary of the Berlin Wall (1962)
    Film / 
    Politics

    First Year Anniversary of the Berlin Wall (1962)

    Plates from Robert Thornton’s Temple of Flora (1807)
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    Science & Medicine, Landscapes, Natural World

    Plates from Robert Thornton’s Temple of Flora (1807)

    President Woodrow Wilson’s daughter singing Star Spangled Banner (1915)
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    War

    President Woodrow Wilson’s daughter singing Star Spangled Banner (1915)

    Manuscript Handbook of Firework Design (1785)
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    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography

    Manuscript Handbook of Firework Design (1785)

    The Calaveras of José Guadalupe Posada
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    People

    The Calaveras of José Guadalupe Posada

    Dennison’s Bogie Book for Halloween (1920)
    Books

    Dennison’s Bogie Book for Halloween (1920)

    A Wake in Hell’s Kitchen (1903)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    A Wake in Hell’s Kitchen (1903)

    Illuminated version of Lord Tennyson’s Morte d’Arthur (1912)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Illuminated version of Lord Tennyson’s Morte d’Arthur (1912)

    Posed Portraits of 19th-Century Baseball Stars
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    People, Sport & Exercise, Fashion

    Posed Portraits of 19th-Century Baseball Stars

    Coloured plates from Gautier D'Agoty's Essai d’Anatomie (1745)
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    Science & Medicine

    Coloured plates from Gautier D'Agoty's Essai d’Anatomie (1745)

    Recital of The 23rd Psalm and “He Leadeth Me” (1919)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Recital of The 23rd Psalm and “He Leadeth Me” (1919)

    *The Proper Art of Writing* (1655)
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    Design & Typography, Communication

    The Proper Art of Writing (1655)

    Clay animations of Joseph Sunn (1926)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Clay animations of Joseph Sunn (1926)

    “I Reunite Architecture and Perspective”: Hirschvogel’s *Geometria* (1543)
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    Geometry & Diagrams

    “I Reunite Architecture and Perspective”: Hirschvogel’s Geometria (1543)

    Cantonese Opera - White Hibiscus at Night (1920)
    Audio

    Cantonese Opera - White Hibiscus at Night (1920)