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Solid Objects: 16th-Century Geometric and Perspective Drawings
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Geometry & Diagrams, Design & Typography

Solid Objects: 16th-Century Geometric and Perspective Drawings

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)

The Zodiac Man
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Science & Medicine

The Zodiac Man

Der Naturen Bloeme: The Flower of Nature (ca. 1350)
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Animals & Beasts, Natural World

Der Naturen Bloeme: The Flower of Nature (ca. 1350)

Erbario: a 15th-century Herbal from Northern Italy
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Natural World

Erbario: a 15th-century Herbal from Northern Italy

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)

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

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

Medieval Pattern Poems of Rabanus Maurus (9th Century)
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Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend, Communication

Medieval Pattern Poems of Rabanus Maurus (9th Century)

Cosmography Manuscript (12th Century)
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Geometry & Diagrams

Cosmography Manuscript (12th Century)

Illustrations from the Lights of Canopus (1847)
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Animals & Beasts, Wisdom

Illustrations from the Lights of Canopus (1847)

Music in the Margins: The Funeral of Reynard the Fox (13th century)
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Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

Music in the Margins: The Funeral of Reynard the Fox (13th century)

The Flower of Battle: Italian Fighting Manual (ca. 1410)
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War

The Flower of Battle: Italian Fighting Manual (ca. 1410)

Aratea: Making Pictures with Words in the 9th Century
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Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend, Astronomy & Space

Aratea: Making Pictures with Words in the 9th Century

Miniatures from a 12th-century Medical and Herbal Collection
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Science & Medicine, Natural World

Miniatures from a 12th-century Medical and Herbal Collection

Rainbows in Art
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Rainbows in Art

The Human Alphabet
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The Human Alphabet

Kobayashi Kiyochika’s Cartoons of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5)
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War, Humour & Satire

Kobayashi Kiyochika’s Cartoons of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5)

The Surreal Art of Alchemical Diagrams
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The Surreal Art of Alchemical Diagrams

Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing
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Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing

The Steps of Life
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Death, Geometry & Diagrams

The Steps of Life

The Friendship Book of Anne Wagner (1795-1834)
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People, Love & Lust

The Friendship Book of Anne Wagner (1795-1834)

Anatomical Illustrations from 15th-century England
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Science & Medicine

Anatomical Illustrations from 15th-century England

16th-Century Pattern Book for Scribes
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Design & Typography

16th-Century Pattern Book for Scribes

Compendium Of Demonology and Magic (ca. 1775)
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Compendium Of Demonology and Magic (ca. 1775)

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