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    Tangled Dürer: The Six Knots (ca. before 1521)
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    Tangled Dürer: The Six Knots (ca. before 1521)

    Master of Claude de France’s Book of Flower Studies (ca. 1510–1515)
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    Master of Claude de France’s Book of Flower Studies (ca. 1510–1515)

    Gustatory Wisdom: Bruegel the Elder’s *Twelve Proverbs* (1558)
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    Gustatory Wisdom: Bruegel the Elder’s Twelve Proverbs (1558)

    Vanity of Vanities: *Fool’s Cap Map of the World* (ca. 1585)
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    Vanity of Vanities: Fool’s Cap Map of the World (ca. 1585)

    Theodor de Bry’s Engravings for Thomas Harriot’s *Briefe and True Report* (1590)
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    Customs & Culture, Colonialism & the 'Other', Travel & Exploration

    Theodor de Bry’s Engravings for Thomas Harriot’s Briefe and True Report (1590)

    Luigi Cornaro’s *Sure and Certain Methods of Attaining a Long and Healthful Life* (1722 edition)
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    Luigi Cornaro’s Sure and Certain Methods of Attaining a Long and Healthful Life (1722 edition)

    *Antiquities of Mexico* (1831–48)
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    Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Antiquities of Mexico (1831–48)

    Love Spells and Deadly Shrieks: Illustrations of Mandrakes (ca. 650–1927)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Drugs, Natural World, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Love Spells and Deadly Shrieks: Illustrations of Mandrakes (ca. 650–1927)

    The Gilded Gallows of Georg Honauer (1597)
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    Death, Science & Medicine

    The Gilded Gallows of Georg Honauer (1597)

    Signs and Wonders: Celestial Phenomena in 16th-Century Germany
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    Strange Phenomena, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Signs and Wonders: Celestial Phenomena in 16th-Century Germany

    Grotesqueries at Gethsemane: Marcus Gheeraerts’ *Passio Verbigenae* (ca. 1580)
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    Grotesqueries at Gethsemane: Marcus Gheeraerts’ Passio Verbigenae (ca. 1580)

    *Flemish Proverbs* by Jan Wierix (ca. 1568)
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    Flemish Proverbs by Jan Wierix (ca. 1568)

    The Age of Impoliteness: *Galateo: or, A Treatise on Politeness and Delicacy of Manners* (1774 edition)
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    The Age of Impoliteness: Galateo: or, A Treatise on Politeness and Delicacy of Manners (1774 edition)

    Paper Gems: Early Modern Blackwork Prints
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    Paper Gems: Early Modern Blackwork Prints

    The World's First Costume Book: François Desprez's *Collection of Various Clothing Styles* (1562)
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    The World's First Costume Book: François Desprez's Collection of Various Clothing Styles (1562)

    A Bestiary of Loss
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    A Bestiary of Loss

    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)
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    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)

    Alexander in the Bathysphere
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    Alexander in the Bathysphere

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

    Ostentatio Genitalium in Renaissance Art

    Philipp Hainhofer’s *Große Stammbuch* (1596–1633)
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    Philipp Hainhofer’s Große Stammbuch (1596–1633)

    Bruegel the Elder’s *Big Fish Eat Little Fish* (1556)
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    Bruegel the Elder’s Big Fish Eat Little Fish (1556)

    Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)
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    Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)

    700 Years of Dante’s *Divine Comedy* in Art
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    700 Years of Dante’s Divine Comedy in Art

    Solid Objects: 16th-Century Geometric and Perspective Drawings
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    Solid Objects: 16th-Century Geometric and Perspective Drawings

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