Fore-Edge Book Paintings from the Boston Public Library

The Bakemono Zukushi “Monster” Scroll (18th–19th century)

Mary Wollstonecraft’s Adventures in Scandinavia

Maps Showing California as an Island

The Egg Dance: From Peasant Village to Political Caricature

The Diverting History of John Gilpin: Shewing how he Went Further than he Intended, and Came Safe Home Again (1782)

Curiosities from the Museum of Giovanni Carafa (1778)

A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1788)

The Whims (1799) and The Follies (1815–23) of Francisco Goya

Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African (1784)

Chladni Figures (1787)

Micromégas by Voltaire (1752)

Texts in Mathias Enard’s Compass

Arcimboldo-esque Composite Portraits of Trades (ca. 1800)

Images from the First Colour Publication on Fish (1754)

A Journey Round my Room (1871 edition)

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

Airopaidia (1786) — the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion

Rainbows in Art

The Human Alphabet

The Death and Burial of Cock Robin

The Surreal Art of Alchemical Diagrams

The Singerie: Monkeys acting as Humans in Art

The Steps of Life