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    The Vessels of Hermes - an Alchemical Album (ca.1700)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    The Vessels of Hermes - an Alchemical Album (ca.1700)

    Diary Days from Christmas Past
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    People, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Diary Days from Christmas Past

    Plates from a History of the Carriby Islands (1666)
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    Animals & Beasts, Colonialism & the 'Other', Customs & Culture

    Plates from a History of the Carriby Islands (1666)

    *The Proper Art of Writing* (1655)
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    Design & Typography, Communication

    The Proper Art of Writing (1655)

    Spring Morning in the Han Palace (17th.c)
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    People, Landscapes

    Spring Morning in the Han Palace (17th.c)

    17th-century Heraldry Designs (1695)
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    Design & Typography

    17th-century Heraldry Designs (1695)

    Hortus Malabaricus (1678-1693)
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    Science & Medicine

    Hortus Malabaricus (1678-1693)

    Manuscript of Ismail al-Jazarī’s Ingenious Mechanical Devices (ca. 17th century)
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    Science & Medicine, Technology

    Manuscript of Ismail al-Jazarī’s Ingenious Mechanical Devices (ca. 17th century)

    Angles of Reconnaissance: *Novum Instrumentum Geometricum* (1607)
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    Architecture, Landscapes, Maps, Geometry & Diagrams

    Angles of Reconnaissance: Novum Instrumentum Geometricum (1607)

    Coloured Engravings of the Fugger Family
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    People

    Coloured Engravings of the Fugger Family

    Fortification Theory (1600)
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    Science & Medicine, Architecture, Maps, War, Geometry & Diagrams

    Fortification Theory (1600)

    Dances in Beauchamp-Feuillet Notation (1701)
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    Music & Arts, Geometry & Diagrams

    Dances in Beauchamp-Feuillet Notation (1701)

    Nehemiah Grew’s *Anatomy of Plants* (1680)
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    Science & Medicine

    Nehemiah Grew’s Anatomy of Plants (1680)

    Musaeum Clausum (1684)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Music & Arts

    Musaeum Clausum (1684)

    Plates from Spiegel’s *De formato foetu liber singularis* (1626)
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    Science & Medicine

    Plates from Spiegel’s De formato foetu liber singularis (1626)

    Engravings by Dominicus Custos
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    People

    Engravings by Dominicus Custos

    Arnoldus Montanus’ New and Unknown World (1671)
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    Animals & Beasts, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Arnoldus Montanus’ New and Unknown World (1671)

    Maps from Geographicus
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    Maps

    Maps from Geographicus

    Hydriotaphia/Urn-Burial and The Garden of Cyrus (1658)
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    Death, Customs & Culture

    Hydriotaphia/Urn-Burial and The Garden of Cyrus (1658)

    Art in Art
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    Music & Arts

    Art in Art