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    Filippo Morghen’s Fantastical Visions of Lunar Life (1776)
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    Astronomy & Space

    Filippo Morghen’s Fantastical Visions of Lunar Life (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)

    William Hogarth’s Satire on False Perspective (1754)
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    Geometry & Diagrams, Music & Arts, Architecture

    William Hogarth’s Satire on False Perspective (1754)

    The Sorceress by Jan van de Velde II (1626)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    The Sorceress by Jan van de Velde II (1626)

    Filippo Buonanni’s Harmonic Cabinet (1722)
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    Technology, Music & Arts

    Filippo Buonanni’s Harmonic Cabinet (1722)

    “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)

    The Four Elements and Temperaments from an Album of Prints after Maerten de Vos (ca. 1583)
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    Natural World, Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Four Elements and Temperaments from an Album of Prints after Maerten de Vos (ca. 1583)

    Plague Doctor Costumes
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    Death, Science & Medicine

    Plague Doctor Costumes

    Edouard Joseph d’Alton’s Illustrations of Animal Skeletons (1821–1838)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Edouard Joseph d’Alton’s Illustrations of Animal Skeletons (1821–1838)

    Urania’s Mirror; or, a View of the Heavens (circa 1825)
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    Astronomy & Space

    Urania’s Mirror; or, a View of the Heavens (circa 1825)

    D. A. Rovinskii’s Collection of Russian Lubki (18th–19th Century)
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    Animals & Beasts, People, Politics

    D. A. Rovinskii’s Collection of Russian Lubki (18th–19th Century)

    Buffon and de Sève’s Quadrupeds (1754)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Buffon and de Sève’s Quadrupeds (1754)

    The Beast of Gévaudan (1764–1767)
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    Animals & Beasts

    The Beast of Gévaudan (1764–1767)

    Robert Fludd’s Memory Tricks (1617)
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    Communication, Geometry & Diagrams

    Robert Fludd’s Memory Tricks (1617)

    John Milton’s Frontispiece Prank
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    Music & Arts, Humour & Satire

    John Milton’s Frontispiece Prank

    Curiosities from the Museum of Giovanni Carafa (1778)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Curiosities from the Museum of Giovanni Carafa (1778)

    The Spinning Sow (1673)
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    Animals & Beasts

    The Spinning Sow (1673)

    Images from the First Colour Publication on Fish (1754)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Images from the First Colour Publication on Fish (1754)

    Rainbows in Art
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    Science & Medicine, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Rainbows in Art

    The Human Alphabet
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    Design & Typography

    The Human Alphabet

    The Singerie: Monkeys acting as Humans in Art
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    Animals & Beasts

    The Singerie: Monkeys acting as Humans in Art

    The Difficulty of Ruling over a Diverse Nation (1578)
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    Animals & Beasts, Politics

    The Difficulty of Ruling over a Diverse Nation (1578)

    Shakespeare in Art
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    Music & Arts

    Shakespeare in Art

    NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res
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    Animals & Beasts, Technology

    NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res