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    Charles Butler’s *The Feminine Monarchie, or the History of Bees* (1634 edition)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Politics

    Charles Butler’s The Feminine Monarchie, or the History of Bees (1634 edition)

    *Sea Monsters Unmasked* and *Sea Fables Explained* by Henry Lee (1883)
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend, Science & Medicine

    Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by Henry Lee (1883)

    Uncommon Sense: Edward B. Foote’s *Plain Home Talk* (1896 edition)
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    Customs & Culture, Science & Medicine, Wisdom

    Uncommon Sense: Edward B. Foote’s Plain Home Talk (1896 edition)

    *Ostrich Egg-Shell Cups of Mesopotamia and the Ostrich in Ancient and Modern Times* (1926)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture

    Ostrich Egg-Shell Cups of Mesopotamia and the Ostrich in Ancient and Modern Times (1926)

    *Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs* (1869)
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    Love & Lust, Science & Medicine

    Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs (1869)

    Edwin D. Babbitt’s *Principles of Light and Color* (1878)
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    Science & Medicine

    Edwin D. Babbitt’s Principles of Light and Color (1878)

    *The Plague of Lust: Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical Antiquity* (1901 edition)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture, Love & Lust

    The Plague of Lust: Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical Antiquity (1901 edition)

    Thomas Eakins’ Photograph of a Dissected Horse’s Leg (ca. 1885)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Thomas Eakins’ Photograph of a Dissected Horse’s Leg (ca. 1885)

    A Distinct Phenomenon in Itself: C. V. Raman’s Discovery of Why the Sea is Blue (1921)
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    Natural World, Science & Medicine

    A Distinct Phenomenon in Itself: C. V. Raman’s Discovery of Why the Sea is Blue (1921)

    �“Those Disturbers of my Rest”: The First Treatise on Bedbugs (1730)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture

    “Those Disturbers of my Rest”: The First Treatise on Bedbugs (1730)

    *Dentologia: A Poem on the Diseases of the Teeth* (1833)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine

    Dentologia: A Poem on the Diseases of the Teeth (1833)

    Blights of the Bookish: *An Essay on Diseases Incidental to Literary and Sedentary Persons* (1768)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Work

    Blights of the Bookish: An Essay on Diseases Incidental to Literary and Sedentary Persons (1768)

    *A Treatise Concerning the Properties and Effects of Coffee* (1792)
    Books / 
    Drugs, Food, Science & Medicine

    A Treatise Concerning the Properties and Effects of Coffee (1792)

    The Book of Bread (1903)
    Books / 
    Food

    The Book of Bread (1903)

    The Kumatologist: Vaughan Cornish’s Wave Studies (1910–14)
    Books / 
    Natural World, Science & Medicine

    The Kumatologist: Vaughan Cornish’s Wave Studies (1910–14)

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

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

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

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

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

    James Sowerby’s British Mineralogy (1802–17)

    *Odd Showers* (1870)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Strange Phenomena

    Odd Showers (1870)

    Imaging Inscape: *The Human Soul* (1913)
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    Ghosts & Occult, Technology, Strange Phenomena, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Imaging Inscape: The Human Soul (1913)

    Thomas Wright’s An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe (1750)
    Books / 
    Astronomy & Space

    Thomas Wright’s An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe (1750)

    The Expressions of Emotion in the Pigeons (1909–11)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Emotion & Expression

    The Expressions of Emotion in the Pigeons (1909–11)

    Glossary of Censored Words from a 1919 Treatise on Love
    Books / 
    Love & Lust, Communication

    Glossary of Censored Words from a 1919 Treatise on Love

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

    Agnes Catlow’s Drops of Water (1851)