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    “Light from the Darkness”: Paul Nash’s *Genesis* (1924)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Music & Arts

    “Light from the Darkness”: Paul Nash’s Genesis (1924)

    Looking Backward: Images of *Rückenfiguren* (ca. 1497–1925)
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    Landscapes, Music & Arts

    Looking Backward: Images of Rückenfiguren (ca. 1497–1925)

    Love Spells and Deadly Shrieks: Illustrations of Mandrakes (ca. 650–1927)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Drugs, Natural World, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Love Spells and Deadly Shrieks: Illustrations of Mandrakes (ca. 650–1927)

    Signs and Wonders: Celestial Phenomena in 16th-Century Germany
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    Strange Phenomena, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Signs and Wonders: Celestial Phenomena in 16th-Century Germany

    The World's First Costume Book: François Desprez's *Collection of Various Clothing Styles* (1562)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Fashion, Travel & Exploration

    The World's First Costume Book: François Desprez's Collection of Various Clothing Styles (1562)

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

    The Geometric Landscapes of Lorenz Stoer (1567)

    The Triumphal Arch of Emperor Maximilian I (1515)
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    Politics, Architecture

    The Triumphal Arch of Emperor Maximilian I (1515)

    Mnemonic Alphabet of Jacobus Publicius (1482)
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    Communication

    Mnemonic Alphabet of Jacobus Publicius (1482)

    Hans Holbein’s Dance of Death (1523–5)
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    Death

    Hans Holbein’s Dance of Death (1523–5)

    The Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel (1565)
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    Humour & Satire

    The Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel (1565)

    A Collection of Fashionable English Words (1887)
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    Communication

    A Collection of Fashionable English Words (1887)

    The Heart of Man; Either a Temple of God, or a Habitation of Satan; Represented in Ten Emblematical Figures (1851)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Heart of Man; Either a Temple of God, or a Habitation of Satan; Represented in Ten Emblematical Figures (1851)

    The City of Truth, or, Ethics (1609)
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    Architecture, Maps

    The City of Truth, or, Ethics (1609)

    Chirologia, or The Natural Language of the Hand (1644)
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    Communication, Emotion & Expression

    Chirologia, or The Natural Language of the Hand (1644)

    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 Steps of Life
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    Death, Geometry & Diagrams

    The Steps of Life

    Celestial Phenomenon Over Nuremberg, April 14th, 1561
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    Colonialism & the 'Other', Natural World, Strange Phenomena, The Future, Astronomy & Space

    Celestial Phenomenon Over Nuremberg, April 14th, 1561

    Georg Bartisch’s Ophthalmodouleia (1583)
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    Science & Medicine

    Georg Bartisch’s Ophthalmodouleia (1583)

    Flowers of the Sky
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    Astronomy & Space

    Flowers of the Sky

    The Art of Swimming (1587)
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    Sport & Exercise

    The Art of Swimming (1587)

    Scenes relating to the life of Charles IV, King of Spain (1788)
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    Politics

    Scenes relating to the life of Charles IV, King of Spain (1788)

    *The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents* (1658)
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    Animals & Beasts

    The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents (1658)

    The World Turned Upside Down (18th century)
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    Animals & Beasts, People

    The World Turned Upside Down (18th century)

    The Heart in Art
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    Maps

    The Heart in Art