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Sheet Music Covers for the Gotham-Attucks Company, ca. 1905–1911
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Design & Typography, Music & Arts

Sheet Music Covers for the Gotham-Attucks Company, ca. 1905–1911

*Clear Shadows* (1867)
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Customs & Culture

Clear Shadows (1867)

Ikkyū in Hell: *Skeletons* (1692)
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Death, Religion, Myth & Legend

Ikkyū in Hell: Skeletons (1692)

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

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

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

A Careful Selection of Whisk Ferns (1837)

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)

My Body is a ~~Temple~~ Four-Story House: Analogical Diagram from Tobias Cohen’s *Ma’aseh Tuviyah* (1708)
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Architecture, Science & Medicine

My Body is a Temple Four-Story House: Analogical Diagram from Tobias Cohen’s Ma’aseh Tuviyah (1708)

Jean Baptiste Vérany’s Chromolithographs of Cephalopods (1851)
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Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Science & Medicine

Jean Baptiste Vérany’s Chromolithographs of Cephalopods (1851)

C. P. Cranch’s Very Literal Illustrations of Emerson’s *Nature* (ca. 1837–39)
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Humour & Satire

C. P. Cranch’s Very Literal Illustrations of Emerson’s Nature (ca. 1837–39)

Martin Frobenius Ledermüller’s Microscopic Delights (1759–63)
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Natural World, Science & Medicine, Animals & Beasts

Martin Frobenius Ledermüller’s Microscopic Delights (1759–63)

Battles of the Sexes: Duels between Women and Men in 1400s *Fechtbücher*
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Customs & Culture, Politics, War

Battles of the Sexes: Duels between Women and Men in 1400s Fechtbücher

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

The Procession of the Months (ca. 1889)

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

A Bestiary of Loss

Floating Phantoms: A. G. Mayer’s *Medusae of the World* (1910)
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Animals & Beasts, Natural World

Floating Phantoms: A. G. Mayer’s Medusae of the World (1910)

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)

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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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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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)

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