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    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)
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    Science & Medicine, Death

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

    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)

    Leaving the Opera in the Year 2000
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    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)

    Mister Fox (1870)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Mister Fox (1870)

    Sartorial Foresight: *Future Dictates of Fashion* (1893)
    Books / 
    Fashion, The Future

    Sartorial Foresight: Future Dictates of Fashion (1893)

    Highlights from the 20,000+ maps made freely available online by New York Public Library
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    Maps

    Highlights from the 20,000+ maps made freely available online by New York Public Library

    The Nitrous Oxide Experiments of Humphry Davy
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    Science & Medicine

    The Nitrous Oxide Experiments of Humphry Davy

    The 25 Stages from Courtship to Marriage
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    Love & Lust

    The 25 Stages from Courtship to Marriage

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

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

    Portraits of Patients from Surrey County Asylum (ca.1855)
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    Science & Medicine, People, Emotion & Expression

    Portraits of Patients from Surrey County Asylum (ca.1855)

    The Funny Alphabet (ca.1850)
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    Design & Typography

    The Funny Alphabet (ca.1850)

    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

    Twelve Years a Slave (1859)
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    Politics

    Twelve Years a Slave (1859)

    The British Library’s “Mechanical Curator” million
    Images

    The British Library’s “Mechanical Curator” million

    Edward Lear’s Walk on a Windy Day (1860)
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    Animals & Beasts, People, Humour & Satire

    Edward Lear’s Walk on a Windy Day (1860)

    Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type and Borders (1874)
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    Design & Typography

    Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type and Borders (1874)

    Robert Cornelius’ Self-Portrait: The First Ever “Selfie” (1839)
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    People

    Robert Cornelius’ Self-Portrait: The First Ever “Selfie” (1839)