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    Howard Pyle's *The Mermaid* (1910)
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Howard Pyle's The Mermaid (1910)

    Phantom Bouquets: Two Books on the Art of Skeleton Leaves (1864)
    Books / 
    Design & Typography, Science & Medicine

    Phantom Bouquets: Two Books on the Art of Skeleton Leaves (1864)

    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)
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    Customs & Culture, Politics, Science & Medicine

    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)

    Peter Fabris’ Illustrations for William Hamilton’s *Campi Phlegraei* (1776–79)
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    Landscapes, Science & Medicine

    Peter Fabris’ Illustrations for William Hamilton’s Campi Phlegraei (1776–79)

    *It Started with Muybridge* (1964)
    Film / 
    Technology, War

    It Started with Muybridge (1964)

    Agnes Giberne’s *The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars* (1898)
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    Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

    Agnes Giberne’s The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars (1898)

    *Shores of the Polar Sea* (1878)
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration

    Shores of the Polar Sea (1878)

    *Unai no tomo*: Catalogues of Japanese Toys (1891–1923)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Unai no tomo: Catalogues of Japanese Toys (1891–1923)

    The Discarnates: *Thomas Carlyle in the Spirit-World* (1920)
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    Death, Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    The Discarnates: Thomas Carlyle in the Spirit-World (1920)

    *Portrait of Charlotte du Val d’Ognes* (1801)
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    Music & Arts

    Portrait of Charlotte du Val d’Ognes (1801)

    Fearful Symmetry: Inkblot Books (1857–1915)
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    Animals & Beasts, Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    Fearful Symmetry: Inkblot Books (1857–1915)

    Filippo Balbi’s *Testa Anatomica* (1854)
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    People, Science & Medicine

    Filippo Balbi’s Testa Anatomica (1854)

    Alexander in the Bathysphere
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    Technology, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Alexander in the Bathysphere

    Harris’s List of Covent-Garden Ladies (1757–95)
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    Love & Lust

    Harris’s List of Covent-Garden Ladies (1757–95)

    Jan Luyken’s Frontispiece for *Osteologia* (1680)
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    Animals & Beasts, Death, Communication, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Jan Luyken’s Frontispiece for Osteologia (1680)

    Orra White Hitchcock’s Scientific Illustrations for the Classroom (1828–40)
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    Science & Medicine, Natural World, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Orra White Hitchcock’s Scientific Illustrations for the Classroom (1828–40)

    “A Sword was Seen in the Sky”: *A True and Wonderful Narrative* (1763)
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    Strange Phenomena, Politics

    “A Sword was Seen in the Sky”: A True and Wonderful Narrative (1763)

    The Stream of Time (1803–58)
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    Maps

    The Stream of Time (1803–58)

    *Ostentatio Genitalium* in Renaissance Art
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    Love & Lust, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Ostentatio Genitalium in Renaissance Art

    “The Rainbow for their Guide”: Mary Gartside’s *New Theory of Colours* (1808)
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    Design & Typography

    “The Rainbow for their Guide”: Mary Gartside’s New Theory of Colours (1808)

    A Vanishing Nova: *Uranographia Britannica* (ca. 1749)
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    Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

    A Vanishing Nova: Uranographia Britannica (ca. 1749)

    Knowledge by the Pound: *The Renowned History of Giles Gingerbread* (1768)
    Books / 
    Communication

    Knowledge by the Pound: The Renowned History of Giles Gingerbread (1768)

    Earthen Messages: Nikola Tesla in his Laboratory (ca. 1899)
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    Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena, Technology, Astronomy & Space

    Earthen Messages: Nikola Tesla in his Laboratory (ca. 1899)

    Ferdinand van Kessel’s *Four Parts of the World* (ca. 1689)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Travel & Exploration

    Ferdinand van Kessel’s Four Parts of the World (ca. 1689)