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    Filippo Buonanni’s Harmonic Cabinet (1722)
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    Technology, The 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)

    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)

    Studies on Twilight Phenomena, after Krakatoa (1888)
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    Science & Medicine

    Studies on Twilight Phenomena, after Krakatoa (1888)

    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)

    John Gould’s Mammals of Australia (1845–63)
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    Animals & Beasts

    John Gould’s Mammals of Australia (1845–63)

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

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

    “Firelight Flickering on the Ceiling of the World”: The Aurora Borealis in Art
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    Natural World

    “Firelight Flickering on the Ceiling of the World”: The Aurora Borealis in Art

    The Human Pyramids of Juste De Juste (ca. 1540)
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    People

    The Human Pyramids of Juste De Juste (ca. 1540)

    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)

    The Geometric Landscapes of Lorenz Stoer (1567)
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    Design & Typography, Architecture, Geometry & Diagrams

    The Geometric Landscapes of Lorenz Stoer (1567)

    Various Apocalyptic Scenes from the Prophetic Messenger (ca. 1827–61)
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    Politics, Ghosts & Occult, Victorian, War

    Various Apocalyptic Scenes from the Prophetic Messenger (ca. 1827–61)

    Edward Lear’s Nonsense Botany (1871–77)
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    Natural World, Humour & Satire

    Edward Lear’s Nonsense Botany (1871–77)

    Optics Illustrations from the Physics Textbooks of Amédée Guillemin (1868/1882)
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    Science & Medicine

    Optics Illustrations from the Physics Textbooks of Amédée Guillemin (1868/1882)

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

    The Beast of Gévaudan (1764–1767)

    John Martin’s Illustrations of Paradise Lost (1827)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    John Martin’s Illustrations of Paradise Lost (1827)

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

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

    Giovanni Battista Bracelli’s *Bizzarie di Varie Figure* (1624)
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    Geometry & Diagrams

    Giovanni Battista Bracelli’s Bizzarie di Varie Figure (1624)

    Hans Prinzhorn’s Artistry of the Mentally Ill (1922)
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    The 'Other', The Arts

    Hans Prinzhorn’s Artistry of the Mentally Ill (1922)

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

    Robert Fludd’s Memory Tricks (1617)

    Hokusai’s Ghost Stories (ca. 1830)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    Hokusai’s Ghost Stories (ca. 1830)

    Polychrome Woodblocks of Itō Jakuchū Birds
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    Animals & Beasts

    Polychrome Woodblocks of Itō Jakuchū Birds