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The Art of Kite Flying (1430–1929)
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Customs & Culture, Technology, War

The Art of Kite Flying (1430–1929)

Venetian Bridge Brawls in 17th and 18th Century Art
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Customs & Culture, Politics, War, Cities

Venetian Bridge Brawls in 17th and 18th Century Art

Elizabeth I’s Manuscript Copy of Pierre Boaistuau’s *Histoires Prodigieuses* (1559)
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Religion, Myth & Legend, Strange Phenomena, Colonialism & the ‘Other’, Travel & Exploration

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

Flights of Fancy: The Nine Birds of Jacques de Fornazeris (1594)
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Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Music & Arts

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)
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Customs & Culture, Fashion, People

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)
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Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Colonialism & the ‘Other’, Travel & Exploration

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

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

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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Natural World

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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Wisdom, Customs & Culture

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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Maps, Humour & Satire

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)

queries
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Food, Science & Medicine

queries

*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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Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend

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

*Flemish Proverbs* by Jan Wierix (ca. 1568)
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Wisdom, Customs & Culture

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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Customs & Culture

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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Design & Typography

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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Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Fashion, Travel & Exploration

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

A Bestiary of Loss
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Animals & Beasts, Death, Natural World

A Bestiary of Loss

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

Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)

Alexander in the Bathysphere
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Technology, Religion, Myth & Legend

Alexander in the Bathysphere

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