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    Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote (1867)
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    Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote (1867)

    The Spinning Sow (1673)
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    The Spinning Sow (1673)

    Images from Johann Zahn’s Oculus Artificialis (1685)
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    Images from Johann Zahn’s Oculus Artificialis (1685)

    A Selection from The MET’s Public Domain Collection, Now Free from All Restrictions
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    A Selection from The MET’s Public Domain Collection, Now Free from All Restrictions

    The City of Truth, or, Ethics (1609)
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    The City of Truth, or, Ethics (1609)

    Chirologia, or The Natural Language of the Hand (1644)
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    Chirologia, or The Natural Language of the Hand (1644)

    Rainbows in Art
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    Rainbows in Art

    The Human Alphabet
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    The Human Alphabet

    Potts’s Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster (1845)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    Potts’s Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster (1845)

    The Surreal Art of Alchemical Diagrams
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    The Surreal Art of Alchemical Diagrams

    The Singerie: Monkeys acting as Humans in Art
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    The Singerie: Monkeys acting as Humans in Art

    Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing
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    Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing

    The Steps of Life
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    The Steps of Life

    The Explosion of the Spanish Flagship during the Battle of Gibraltar (ca. 1621)
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    The Explosion of the Spanish Flagship during the Battle of Gibraltar (ca. 1621)

    Le Centre de l’Amour (ca. 1687)
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    Le Centre de l’Amour (ca. 1687)

    NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res
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    NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res

    Colour Wheels, Charts, and Tables Through History
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    Colour Wheels, Charts, and Tables Through History

    Illustrations from an Italian Book of Proverbs (1718)
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    Illustrations from an Italian Book of Proverbs (1718)

    A Collection of Very Valuable and Scarce Pieces relating to the Last Plague in the Year 1665 (1721)
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    A Collection of Very Valuable and Scarce Pieces relating to the Last Plague in the Year 1665 (1721)

    Speculations of the Changes, Likely to be Discovered in the Earth and Moon, by Their Respective Inhabitants (ca. 1666)
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    Speculations of the Changes, Likely to be Discovered in the Earth and Moon, by Their Respective Inhabitants (ca. 1666)

    The Games and Pleasures of Childhood (1657)
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    The Games and Pleasures of Childhood (1657)

    The Art of Dreams
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    The Art of Dreams

    Emblems of Love, in Four Languages: Dedicated to the Ladys (1683)
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    Emblems of Love, in Four Languages: Dedicated to the Ladys (1683)

    Flowers of the Sky
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