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    The Narrative of Henry Box Brown (1849)
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    People

    The Narrative of Henry Box Brown (1849)

    Chester Harding’s My Egotistigraphy (1866)
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    People, Music & Arts

    Chester Harding’s My Egotistigraphy (1866)

    John O. Westwood’s Facsimiles of Anglo-Saxon and Irish Manuscripts (1868)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    John O. Westwood’s Facsimiles of Anglo-Saxon and Irish Manuscripts (1868)

    Octave Uzanne’s “The End of Books” (1894)
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    Technology, The Future

    Octave Uzanne’s “The End of Books” (1894)

    The History of Burke and Hare and of the Resurrectionist Times (1884)
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    Death, Crime & Law

    The History of Burke and Hare and of the Resurrectionist Times (1884)

    Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Gold-Bug” (1843)
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    Communication

    Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Gold-Bug” (1843)

    Edward Lear’s Nonsense Botany (1871–77)
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    Natural World, Humour & Satire

    Edward Lear’s Nonsense Botany (1871–77)

    Optics Illustrations from the Physics Textbooks of Amédée Guillemin (1868/1882)
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    Science & Medicine

    Optics Illustrations from the Physics Textbooks of Amédée Guillemin (1868/1882)

    Fabre’s Book of Insects (1921)
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    Natural World

    Fabre’s Book of Insects (1921)

    The Language of Flowers: An Alphabet of Floral Emblems (1857)
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    Communication, Natural World, Emotion & Expression

    The Language of Flowers: An Alphabet of Floral Emblems (1857)

    Through the First Antarctic Night (1900)
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    Travel & Exploration

    Through the First Antarctic Night (1900)

    X is for...
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    Communication

    X is for...

    John Martin’s Illustrations of Paradise Lost (1827)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    John Martin’s Illustrations of Paradise Lost (1827)

    Agnes Catlow’s Drops of Water (1851)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Agnes Catlow’s Drops of Water (1851)

    Abide With Me (1914)
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    Death

    Abide With Me (1914)

    Plants and Their Application to Ornament (1896)
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    Design & Typography, Natural World

    Plants and Their Application to Ornament (1896)

    August Strindberg’s Celestographs (1893–4)
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    Astronomy & Space

    August Strindberg’s Celestographs (1893–4)

    The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Art (1460–1921)
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    Architecture

    The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Art (1460–1921)

    The Book of Dreams and Ghosts (1897)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    The Book of Dreams and Ghosts (1897)

    Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours (1814)
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    Science & Medicine, Music & Arts, Natural World

    Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours (1814)

    Ogawa Kazumasa’s Hand-Coloured Photographs of Flowers (1896)
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    Natural World

    Ogawa Kazumasa’s Hand-Coloured Photographs of Flowers (1896)

    The Art of Book Covers (1820–1914)
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    Design & Typography

    The Art of Book Covers (1820–1914)

    Highlights from The Cleveland Museum of Art’s release of more than 30k images of public domain works
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    Music & Arts

    Highlights from The Cleveland Museum of Art’s release of more than 30k images of public domain works

    The Library of the Future: A Vision of 1983 from 1883
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    The Future

    The Library of the Future: A Vision of 1983 from 1883