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    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)
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    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)
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    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)

    Masters of the Ice: Charles Rabot’s Arctic Photographs (ca. 1881)
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    Travel & Exploration, Customs & Culture

    Masters of the Ice: Charles Rabot’s Arctic Photographs (ca. 1881)

    *Books Fatal to Their Authors* (1895)
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    Death, Customs & Culture

    Books Fatal to Their Authors (1895)

    Chromolithographs of Paper Lanterns (ca. 1880)
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    Customs & Culture, Design & Typography

    Chromolithographs of Paper Lanterns (ca. 1880)

    Humanity 101: The Syllabus of Frankenstein's Monster
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    Customs & Culture

    Humanity 101: The Syllabus of Frankenstein's Monster

    Your Flannelette Cure: Fire Tests with Textiles (1910)
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    Death, Fashion

    Your Flannelette Cure: Fire Tests with Textiles (1910)

    Charles H. Bennett’s *Shadows* (ca. 1856)
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    Animals & Beasts, Humour & Satire

    Charles H. Bennett’s Shadows (ca. 1856)

    *A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words* (1860)
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    Customs & Culture, Communication

    A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words (1860)

    *A Careful Selection of Whisk Ferns* (1837)
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    Natural World, Music & Arts

    A Careful Selection of Whisk Ferns (1837)

    George Washington Williams’ *History of the Negro Race in America* (1882–83)
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    Customs & Culture, War

    George Washington Williams’ History of the Negro Race in America (1882–83)

    The “Madame B Album” (ca. 1870s)
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    Design & Typography

    The “Madame B Album” (ca. 1870s)

    Hokusai’s *Illustrated Warrior Vanguard of Japan and China* (1836)
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    War, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Hokusai’s Illustrated Warrior Vanguard of Japan and China (1836)

    The Department of Preparation: Thomas Smillie’s Photographic Survey of the Smithsonian (1890–1913)
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    Customs & Culture

    The Department of Preparation: Thomas Smillie’s Photographic Survey of the Smithsonian (1890–1913)

    *Specimens of Fancy Turning* (1869)
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    Design & Typography

    Specimens of Fancy Turning (1869)

    *The Comic Natural History of the Human Race* (1851)
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    Animals & Beasts, Humour & Satire

    The Comic Natural History of the Human Race (1851)