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The Man Who Recovered the Use of His Tongue, after Four Years Dumb, by means of a Frightful Dream (1747)
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Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena

The Man Who Recovered the Use of His Tongue, after Four Years Dumb, by means of a Frightful Dream (1747)

Mungo Park’s Travels in the Interior of Africa (1858)
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Travel & Exploration

Mungo Park’s Travels in the Interior of Africa (1858)

Life and Death Contrasted (ca. 1770)
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Wisdom, Death

Life and Death Contrasted (ca. 1770)

The Nitrous Oxide Experiments of Humphry Davy
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Science & Medicine

The Nitrous Oxide Experiments of Humphry Davy

The Tibetan Book of Proportions
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Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend, Geometry & Diagrams

The Tibetan Book of Proportions

The Hermit; or, The Unparalleled Sufferings, and Surprising Adventures, of Philip Quarll (1814)
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The Hermit; or, The Unparalleled Sufferings, and Surprising Adventures, of Philip Quarll (1814)

Selection from Wellcome Library’s release of 100k openly licensed images
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Science & Medicine

Selection from Wellcome Library’s release of 100k openly licensed images

Scenes relating to the life of Charles IV, King of Spain (1788)
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Politics

Scenes relating to the life of Charles IV, King of Spain (1788)

Account of a Very Remarkable Young Musician (1769)
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Music & Arts

Account of a Very Remarkable Young Musician (1769)

An Account of a Chinese Cabinet (1753)
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Colonialism & the ‘Other’

An Account of a Chinese Cabinet (1753)

The Sketchbooks of Jacques-Louis David
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People

The Sketchbooks of Jacques-Louis David

Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language (1785)
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Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language (1785)

A Selection from The Getty’s Open Content Program
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Animals & Beasts, People, Landscapes

A Selection from The Getty’s Open Content Program

The Blossoms of Morality (1806)
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Wisdom

The Blossoms of Morality (1806)

Extracts from the Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks (1769)
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Colonialism & the ‘Other’

Extracts from the Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks (1769)

The World Turned Upside Down (18th century)
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Animals & Beasts, People

The World Turned Upside Down (18th century)

The Heart in Art
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The Heart in Art

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)

Sir Isaac Newton’s Daniel and the Apocalypse (1733)
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Science & Medicine, Religion, Myth & Legend

Sir Isaac Newton’s Daniel and the Apocalypse (1733)

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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Religion, Myth & Legend, Death

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

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

Diary Days from Christmas Past

Illustrations from a Chapbook on Robinson Crusoe (ca. 1800)
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Illustrations from a Chapbook on Robinson Crusoe (ca. 1800)

Illustrations from Vincenzo Requeno's *Discovery of Chironomia* (1797)
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Illustrations from Vincenzo Requeno's Discovery of Chironomia (1797)

Manuscript Handbook of Firework Design (1785)
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Manuscript Handbook of Firework Design (1785)

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