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    *The Procession of the Months* (ca. 1889)
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    Customs & Culture

    The Procession of the Months (ca. 1889)

    Ellen Harding Baker's “Solar System” Quilt (1876–ca. 1883)
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    Design & Typography

    Ellen Harding Baker's “Solar System” Quilt (1876–ca. 1883)

    A Bestiary of Loss
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    Animals & Beasts, Death, Natural World

    A Bestiary of Loss

    Wheels Within Wheels: The “Flammarion Engraving” (ca. 1888)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Astronomy & Space

    Wheels Within Wheels: The “Flammarion Engraving” (ca. 1888)

    *Shadows from the Walls of Death* (1874)
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    Design & Typography, Science & Medicine, Death

    Shadows from the Walls of Death (1874)

    Synaesthesia’s Colour Debut (1883)
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    Strange Phenomena, Science & Medicine

    Synaesthesia’s Colour Debut (1883)

    *Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other Neighbourhoods* (1860–1902)
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    Natural World

    Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other Neighbourhoods (1860–1902)

    The Blood Collages of John Bingley Garland (ca. 1850–60)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Blood Collages of John Bingley Garland (ca. 1850–60)

    Phantom Bouquets: Two Books on the Art of Skeleton Leaves (1864)
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    Design & Typography, Science & Medicine

    Phantom Bouquets: Two Books on the Art of Skeleton Leaves (1864)

    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)
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    Customs & Culture, Politics, Science & Medicine

    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)

    Agnes Giberne’s *The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars* (1898)
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    Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

    Agnes Giberne’s The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars (1898)

    *Shores of the Polar Sea* (1878)
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    Travel & Exploration

    Shores of the Polar Sea (1878)

    *Unai no tomo*: Catalogues of Japanese Toys (1891–1923)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Unai no tomo: Catalogues of Japanese Toys (1891–1923)

    *Portrait of Charlotte du Val d’Ognes* (1801)
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    Music & Arts

    Portrait of Charlotte du Val d’Ognes (1801)

    Fearful Symmetry: Inkblot Books (1857–1915)
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    Animals & Beasts, Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    Fearful Symmetry: Inkblot Books (1857–1915)

    Filippo Balbi’s *Testa Anatomica* (1854)
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    People, Science & Medicine

    Filippo Balbi’s Testa Anatomica (1854)

    Orra White Hitchcock’s Scientific Illustrations for the Classroom (1828–40)
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    Science & Medicine, Natural World, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Orra White Hitchcock’s Scientific Illustrations for the Classroom (1828–40)

    The Stream of Time (1803–58)
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    Maps

    The Stream of Time (1803–58)

    “The Rainbow for their Guide”: Mary Gartside’s *New Theory of Colours* (1808)
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    Design & Typography

    “The Rainbow for their Guide”: Mary Gartside’s New Theory of Colours (1808)

    Earthen Messages: Nikola Tesla in his Laboratory (ca. 1899)
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    Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena, Technology, Astronomy & Space

    Earthen Messages: Nikola Tesla in his Laboratory (ca. 1899)

    *Cycling Art, Energy, and Locomotion* (1889)
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    Sport & Exercise

    Cycling Art, Energy, and Locomotion (1889)

    James Sowerby’s *British Mineralogy* (1802–17)
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    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    James Sowerby’s British Mineralogy (1802–17)

    Arthur Wesley Dow’s Floating World: *Composition* (1905 edition)
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    Music & Arts

    Arthur Wesley Dow’s Floating World: Composition (1905 edition)

    William James on the Stream of Consciousness (1890)
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    Science & Medicine, Communication

    William James on the Stream of Consciousness (1890)