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    The Travels of Ludovico di Varthema (1863)
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    Travel & Exploration

    The Travels of Ludovico di Varthema (1863)

    The Hare of Inaba (1892)
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    Animals & Beasts, Politics, Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Hare of Inaba (1892)

    The Butter Sculptures of Caroline S. Brooks
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Music & Arts, Food

    The Butter Sculptures of Caroline S. Brooks

    The Art of Dreams
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    People, Religion, Myth & Legend, Strange Phenomena

    The Art of Dreams

    Illustrations from a Teenage Holiday Journal (1821)
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    People, Customs & Culture

    Illustrations from a Teenage Holiday Journal (1821)

    Photograph Collection of a 19th-Century Sexologist
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    Fashion, Love & Lust

    Photograph Collection of a 19th-Century Sexologist

    After London (1911)
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    The Future

    After London (1911)

    In Search of the Impossible: The Perfect English Rabbit
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    Animals & Beasts

    In Search of the Impossible: The Perfect English Rabbit

    53 Stations of the Tōkaidō as Potted Landscapes (1848)
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    Landscapes

    53 Stations of the Tōkaidō as Potted Landscapes (1848)

    The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and her Dog (1819)
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    Animals & Beasts

    The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and her Dog (1819)

    English Book-Plates, Ancient and Modern (1893)
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    Music & Arts

    English Book-Plates, Ancient and Modern (1893)

    The Dream-God, or A Singular Evolvement of Thought in Sleep (1873)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Wisdom, Strange Phenomena, Drugs

    The Dream-God, or A Singular Evolvement of Thought in Sleep (1873)

    Photographs of a Falling Cat (1894)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Photographs of a Falling Cat (1894)

    Speech of Satan to his Legions from *A System of Elocution* (1846)
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    Communication

    Speech of Satan to his Legions from A System of Elocution (1846)

    17 Numbered Lists from History
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    Wisdom, Humour & Satire

    17 Numbered Lists from History

    Beards of Time
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    People

    Beards of Time

    Napoleon at St Helena (1855)
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    Politics

    Napoleon at St Helena (1855)

    “Plantscapes” from Kerner von Marilaun’s Pflanzenleben (1887)
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    Natural World

    “Plantscapes” from Kerner von Marilaun’s Pflanzenleben (1887)

    The Anatomy of Drunkenness (1834)
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    Science & Medicine

    The Anatomy of Drunkenness (1834)

    Flowers of the Sky
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    Astronomy & Space

    Flowers of the Sky

    The Algonquin Legends of New England (1884)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Algonquin Legends of New England (1884)

    Mécanisme de la Physionomie Humaine
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    Mécanisme de la Physionomie Humaine

    The Expositor, or Many Mysteries Unravelled - including that of the Learned Pig (1805)
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    Animals & Beasts, Strange Phenomena

    The Expositor, or Many Mysteries Unravelled - including that of the Learned Pig (1805)

    Highlights from Folger Shakespeare Library’s Release of almost 80,000 Images
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    Music & Arts

    Highlights from Folger Shakespeare Library’s Release of almost 80,000 Images