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    Plates from Spiegel’s *De formato foetu liber singularis* (1626)
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    Science & Medicine

    Plates from Spiegel’s De formato foetu liber singularis (1626)

    The Embalming Jars of Frederik Ruysch
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    Science & Medicine

    The Embalming Jars of Frederik Ruysch

    Harry Clarke’s Illustrations for Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1919)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    Harry Clarke’s Illustrations for Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1919)

    Engravings by Dominicus Custos
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    People

    Engravings by Dominicus Custos

    Halloween Postcards, ca. 1900–1920
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    Ghosts & Occult

    Halloween Postcards, ca. 1900–1920

    Arnoldus Montanus’ New and Unknown World (1671)
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    Animals & Beasts, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Arnoldus Montanus’ New and Unknown World (1671)

    Maps from Geographicus
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    Maps

    Maps from Geographicus

    Giambattista della Porta’s De humana physiognomonia libri IIII (1586)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, People, Emotion & Expression

    Giambattista della Porta’s De humana physiognomonia libri IIII (1586)