Albrecht Dürer’s Monument to the Vanquished Peasants (1525)

The Art of Kite Flying (1430–1929)

Venetian Bridge Brawls in 17th and 18th Century Art

Elizabeth I’s Manuscript Copy of Pierre Boaistuau’s Histoires Prodigieuses (1559)

Flights of Fancy: The Nine Birds of Jacques de Fornazeris (1594)

Flowers of Fealty: Wilhelm Dilich’s Commemoration of the Christening of Elisabeth of Hesse (1598)

Off with Their Heads: Illustrations of Blemmyes (ca. 1175–1724)

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

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

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

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)

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

Antiquities of Mexico (1831–48)

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

The Gilded Gallows of Georg Honauer (1597)

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

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

Flemish Proverbs by Jan Wierix (ca. 1568)

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

Paper Gems: Early Modern Blackwork Prints

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

A Bestiary of Loss

Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)