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    Phantom Bouquets: Two Books on the Art of Skeleton Leaves (1864)
    Books / 
    Design & Typography, Science & Medicine

    Phantom Bouquets: Two Books on the Art of Skeleton Leaves (1864)

    “The Rainbow for their Guide”: Mary Gartside’s *New Theory of Colours* (1808)
    Books / 
    Design & Typography

    “The Rainbow for their Guide”: Mary Gartside’s New Theory of Colours (1808)

    Festooned: Martin Gerlach’s Decorative Groupings (1897)
    Images / 
    Natural World, Design & Typography

    Festooned: Martin Gerlach’s Decorative Groupings (1897)

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

    Solid Objects: 16th-Century Geometric and Perspective Drawings

    Flowers of Fire: Illustrations from Japanese Fireworks Catalogues (ca. 1880s)
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture, Design & Typography

    Flowers of Fire: Illustrations from Japanese Fireworks Catalogues (ca. 1880s)

    French Silk Sample Book (ca. 1900)
    Books / 
    Fashion, Design & Typography

    French Silk Sample Book (ca. 1900)

    Serviette Sculptures: Mattia Giegher’s Treatise on Napkin Folding (1629)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography, Food

    Serviette Sculptures: Mattia Giegher’s Treatise on Napkin Folding (1629)

    Joseph-Balthazar Sylvestre’s Alphabet Album (1843)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography

    Joseph-Balthazar Sylvestre’s Alphabet Album (1843)

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

    The Geometric Landscapes of Lorenz Stoer (1567)

    Photographs of Japanese Sword Guards (1916)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography

    Photographs of Japanese Sword Guards (1916)

    John Margolies’ Photographs of Roadside America
    Images / 
    Design & Typography

    John Margolies’ Photographs of Roadside America

    Plants and Their Application to Ornament (1896)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography, Natural World

    Plants and Their Application to Ornament (1896)

    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)

    The Art of Book Covers (1820–1914)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography

    The Art of Book Covers (1820–1914)

    The Tomb and the Telephone Box: Soane’s Mausoleum (1816)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography, Architecture

    The Tomb and the Telephone Box: Soane’s Mausoleum (1816)

    Hamonshu: A Japanese Book of Wave and Ripple Designs (1903)
    Books / 
    Design & Typography, Natural World

    Hamonshu: A Japanese Book of Wave and Ripple Designs (1903)

    Albert Racinet’s L’Ornement Polychrome (1869–73)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography, Architecture, Music & Arts

    Albert Racinet’s L’Ornement Polychrome (1869–73)

    George Mayerle’s Eye Test Chart (ca. 1907)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography

    George Mayerle’s Eye Test Chart (ca. 1907)

    The “Salad Oil Style” of Jan Toorop
    Images / 
    Design & Typography, Death

    The “Salad Oil Style” of Jan Toorop

    The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596)
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    Animals & Beasts, Design & Typography, Natural World, Food

    The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596)

    Book of French Textile Samples (1863)
    Books / 
    Design & Typography

    Book of French Textile Samples (1863)

    The Human Alphabet
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    Design & Typography

    The Human Alphabet

    Pages From an Illustrated Catalogue of Period Ornaments (ca. 1919)
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    Design & Typography, Geometry & Diagrams

    Pages From an Illustrated Catalogue of Period Ornaments (ca. 1919)

    Blue-Sky Thinking: *The Influence of the Blue Ray of the Sunlight* (1877)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography

    Blue-Sky Thinking: The Influence of the Blue Ray of the Sunlight (1877)