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    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)

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

    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)

    Peter Fabris’ Illustrations for William Hamilton’s *Campi Phlegraei* (1776–79)
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    Landscapes, Science & Medicine

    Peter Fabris’ Illustrations for William Hamilton’s Campi Phlegraei (1776–79)

    *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)

    Alexander in the Bathysphere
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    Technology, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Alexander in the Bathysphere

    Jan Luyken’s Frontispiece for *Osteologia* (1680)
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    Animals & Beasts, Death, Communication, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Jan Luyken’s Frontispiece for Osteologia (1680)

    A Hall of Mirrors: *Cabala, Spiegel Der Kunst Und Natur, In Alchymia* (1615)
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    Ghosts & Occult, Religion, Myth & Legend

    A Hall of Mirrors: Cabala, Spiegel Der Kunst Und Natur, In Alchymia (1615)

    Unnatural Selection: Emil Schachtzabel’s Pigeon *Prachtwerk* (1906)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    Unnatural Selection: Emil Schachtzabel’s Pigeon Prachtwerk (1906)

    Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)
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    Customs & Culture, Sport & Exercise

    Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)

    *Clavis Artis* by “Zoroaster”
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    Animals & Beasts, Ghosts & Occult, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Clavis Artis by “Zoroaster”

    Joseph Perry’s Medical Illustrations of Miscarriage (1834)
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    Science & Medicine

    Joseph Perry’s Medical Illustrations of Miscarriage (1834)

    “When London is in Ruins”: Gustave Doré’s *The New Zealander* (1872)
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    Architecture, Death, Colonialism & the 'Other', Travel & Exploration, The Future

    “When London is in Ruins”: Gustave Doré’s The New Zealander (1872)

    Lithographs from M. E. Descourtilz’s *Atlas des Champignons* (1827)
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    Natural World

    Lithographs from M. E. Descourtilz’s Atlas des Champignons (1827)

    700 Years of Dante’s *Divine Comedy* in Art
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    700 Years of Dante’s Divine Comedy in Art

    Figure/Ground: Alphonse Allais’ *April Fools Album* (1897)
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    Humour & Satire

    Figure/Ground: Alphonse Allais’ April Fools Album (1897)

    Astronomia Playing Cards (1829)
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    Astronomy & Space

    Astronomia Playing Cards (1829)

    Lewis Carroll’s Illustrations for “Alice’s Adventures Under Ground” (1864)
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    Stories, Travel & Exploration

    Lewis Carroll’s Illustrations for “Alice’s Adventures Under Ground” (1864)

    Visualizing Migraines: The Attempts of Hubert Airy and Others to Depict Scintillating Scotomata
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    Science & Medicine

    Visualizing Migraines: The Attempts of Hubert Airy and Others to Depict Scintillating Scotomata

    A Remembrance of Aerial Forms: Odilon Redon’s *À Edgar Poe* (1882)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    A Remembrance of Aerial Forms: Odilon Redon’s À Edgar Poe (1882)

    A Book of Stone: Adam Wirsing’s Marmora (1776)
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    Natural World

    A Book of Stone: Adam Wirsing’s Marmora (1776)

    Serviette Sculptures: Mattia Giegher’s Treatise on Napkin Folding (1629)
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    Design & Typography, Food

    Serviette Sculptures: Mattia Giegher’s Treatise on Napkin Folding (1629)

    “A Slight Freshness on the Neck”: Prints Depicting the Execution of Louis XVI (ca. 1793)
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    Death, Politics

    “A Slight Freshness on the Neck”: Prints Depicting the Execution of Louis XVI (ca. 1793)

    Kawanable Kyōsai’s Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (1890)
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    Animals & Beasts, Ghosts & Occult, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Kawanable Kyōsai’s Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (1890)