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    Photographs of a Falling Cat (1894)
    Images / 
    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
    Books / 
    Wisdom, Humour & Satire

    17 Numbered Lists from History

    Beards of Time
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    People

    Beards of Time

    Napoleon at St Helena (1855)
    Books / 
    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)
    Books / 
    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

    The London Guide and Stranger’s Safeguard against the Cheats, Swindlers, and Pickpockets (1819)
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    Crime & Law

    The London Guide and Stranger’s Safeguard against the Cheats, Swindlers, and Pickpockets (1819)

    Dame Talkative’s Old Sayings (ca.1824)
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    Humour & Satire

    Dame Talkative’s Old Sayings (ca.1824)

    Japanese Prints of Western Inventors, Artists and Scholars (1873)
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    Colonialism & the 'Other', Customs & Culture, Technology

    Japanese Prints of Western Inventors, Artists and Scholars (1873)

    A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future (1894)
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    Astronomy & Space, The Future

    A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future (1894)

    Manipulus Vocabulorum: a Rhyming Dictionary from the 16th Century
    Books / 
    Communication

    Manipulus Vocabulorum: a Rhyming Dictionary from the 16th Century

    Palacio’s Plan for Colossal Monument to Columbus (1890)
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    Architecture

    Palacio’s Plan for Colossal Monument to Columbus (1890)

    A Treatise on Adulteration of Food and Culinary Poisons (1820)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Death

    A Treatise on Adulteration of Food and Culinary Poisons (1820)

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

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

    Leaving the Opera in the Year 2000
    Images / 
    The Future

    Leaving the Opera in the Year 2000

    The Adventures of Cinderella (ca.1810)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Adventures of Cinderella (ca.1810)

    Punishment in the Afterlife: an Eastern Turki Manuscript
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Punishment in the Afterlife: an Eastern Turki Manuscript

    Living Lights: a Popular Account of Phosphorescent Animals and Vegetables (1887)
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    Animals & Beasts, Strange Phenomena

    Living Lights: a Popular Account of Phosphorescent Animals and Vegetables (1887)