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    “How He Came to Life One Day”: Photographs of Snowmen (1854–1950)
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture

    “How He Came to Life One Day”: Photographs of Snowmen (1854–1950)

    True Crime: Allan Pinkerton’s *Thirty Years a Detective* (1884)
    Books / 
    Crime & Law

    True Crime: Allan Pinkerton’s Thirty Years a Detective (1884)

    Fantastic Planet: The Microscopy Album of Marinus Pieter Filbri (1887–88)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Fantastic Planet: The Microscopy Album of Marinus Pieter Filbri (1887–88)

    Diagramming Dante: Michelangelo Caetani’s Maps of the *Divina Commedia* (1855/1872)
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    Music & Arts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Diagramming Dante: Michelangelo Caetani’s Maps of the Divina Commedia (1855/1872)

    *Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs* (1869)
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    Love & Lust, Science & Medicine

    Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs (1869)

    Anton Seder’s *The Animal in Decorative Art* (1896)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Design & Typography

    Anton Seder’s The Animal in Decorative Art (1896)

    Sabine Baring-Gould’s *Book of Were-Wolves* (1865)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Ghosts & Occult

    Sabine Baring-Gould’s Book of Were-Wolves (1865)

    “Freedom! Equality!! Justice!!!”: Victoria Woodhull’s *Impending Revolution* (1872)
    Books / 
    Politics, People

    “Freedom! Equality!! Justice!!!”: Victoria Woodhull’s Impending Revolution (1872)

    A Very Tall Tale: Photograph of the Cardiff Giant (ca. 1869)
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    Animals & Beasts, Strange Phenomena

    A Very Tall Tale: Photograph of the Cardiff Giant (ca. 1869)

    Edwin D. Babbitt’s *Principles of Light and Color* (1878)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine

    Edwin D. Babbitt’s Principles of Light and Color (1878)

    *Antiquities of Mexico* (1831–48)
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    Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Antiquities of Mexico (1831–48)

    Thomas Eakins’ Photograph of a Dissected Horse’s Leg (ca. 1885)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Thomas Eakins’ Photograph of a Dissected Horse’s Leg (ca. 1885)

    American Grammar: Diagraming Sentences in the 19th Century
    Books / 
    Communication

    American Grammar: Diagraming Sentences in the 19th Century

    Looking Backward: Images of *Rückenfiguren* (ca. 1497–1925)
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    Landscapes, Music & Arts

    Looking Backward: Images of Rückenfiguren (ca. 1497–1925)

    Programming Prayer: The Woven Book of Hours (1886–87)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Customs & Culture, Design & Typography

    Programming Prayer: The Woven Book of Hours (1886–87)

    The Lens of Desire: Eye Miniatures (ca. 1790–1810)
    Images / 
    Love & Lust

    The Lens of Desire: Eye Miniatures (ca. 1790–1810)

    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 Little Journal of Rejects* (1896)
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    Design & Typography, Humour & Satire, Music & Arts

    The Little Journal of Rejects (1896)

    Photographs of Life in Palestine (ca. 1896–1919)
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    Architecture, Customs & Culture, Landscapes, People

    Photographs of Life in Palestine (ca. 1896–1919)

    Tales of the Catfish God: Earthquakes in Japanese Woodblock Prints (1855)
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    Animals & Beasts, Death, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Tales of the Catfish God: Earthquakes in Japanese Woodblock Prints (1855)

    Lithographs from Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn’s *Java-Album* (1854)
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    Landscapes, Travel & Exploration

    Lithographs from Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn’s Java-Album (1854)

    Never-again Land: J. M. Barrie's *My Lady Nicotine* (1896)
    Books / 
    Drugs, Humour & Satire

    Never-again Land: J. M. Barrie's My Lady Nicotine (1896)

    *Clear Shadows* (1867)
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    Customs & Culture

    Clear Shadows (1867)

    The Afterimage of Death: *Dr. Berkeley's Discovery* (1889)
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    Crime & Law, Death, Science & Medicine

    The Afterimage of Death: Dr. Berkeley's Discovery (1889)