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    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)

    Season’s Bleatings: Finnish Photographs of the Nuuttipukki (1928)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture

    Season’s Bleatings: Finnish Photographs of the Nuuttipukki (1928)

    Charles H. Bennett’s *Shadows* (ca. 1856)
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    Animals & Beasts, Humour & Satire

    Charles H. Bennett’s Shadows (ca. 1856)

    “Those Disturbers of my Rest”: The First Treatise on Bedbugs (1730)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture

    “Those Disturbers of my Rest”: The First Treatise on Bedbugs (1730)

    *The Comic Natural History of the Human Race* (1851)
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    Animals & Beasts, Humour & Satire

    The Comic Natural History of the Human Race (1851)

    Medieval Illustrations of Bonnacons
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Medieval Illustrations of Bonnacons

    Photographs of the Los Angeles Alligator Farm (ca. 1907)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Photographs of the Los Angeles Alligator Farm (ca. 1907)

    Jean Baptiste Vérany’s Chromolithographs of Cephalopods (1851)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Science & Medicine

    Jean Baptiste Vérany’s Chromolithographs of Cephalopods (1851)

    Martin Frobenius Ledermüller’s Microscopic Delights (1759–63)
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    Natural World, Science & Medicine, Animals & Beasts

    Martin Frobenius Ledermüller’s Microscopic Delights (1759–63)

    Beetle Carapaces in Basohli Miniature Paintings (ca. 1660–1700)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Beetle Carapaces in Basohli Miniature Paintings (ca. 1660–1700)

    Levi Walter Yaggy’s Geographical Maps and Charts (1887/93)
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    Animals & Beasts, Landscapes, Maps, Natural World, Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

    Levi Walter Yaggy’s Geographical Maps and Charts (1887/93)

    Many-Colored Misdirection: *Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom* (1909)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Science & Medicine

    Many-Colored Misdirection: Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom (1909)

    Art Brut: The Scare-Fox (1910)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Natural World

    Art Brut: The Scare-Fox (1910)

    *Mighty Mikko: A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales* (1922)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Mighty Mikko: A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales (1922)

    A Bestiary of Loss
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    Animals & Beasts, Death, Natural World

    A Bestiary of Loss

    Floating Phantoms: A. G. Mayer’s *Medusae of the World* (1910)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    Floating Phantoms: A. G. Mayer’s Medusae of the World (1910)

    Howard Pyle's *The Mermaid* (1910)
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Howard Pyle's The Mermaid (1910)

    Fearful Symmetry: Inkblot Books (1857–1915)
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    Animals & Beasts, Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    Fearful Symmetry: Inkblot Books (1857–1915)

    Jan Luyken’s Frontispiece for *Osteologia* (1680)
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    Animals & Beasts, Death, Communication, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Jan Luyken’s Frontispiece for Osteologia (1680)

    Ferdinand van Kessel’s *Four Parts of the World* (ca. 1689)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Travel & Exploration

    Ferdinand van Kessel’s Four Parts of the World (ca. 1689)

    Bruegel the Elder’s *Big Fish Eat Little Fish* (1556)
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    Animals & Beasts, Politics

    Bruegel the Elder’s Big Fish Eat Little Fish (1556)

    Unnatural Selection: Emil Schachtzabel’s Pigeon *Prachtwerk* (1906)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    Unnatural Selection: Emil Schachtzabel’s Pigeon Prachtwerk (1906)

    Between Frogs and Gods: Illustrations of Physiognomy
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Emotion & Expression

    Between Frogs and Gods: Illustrations of Physiognomy

    *Odd Showers* (1870)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Strange Phenomena

    Odd Showers (1870)