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    Arthur Wesley Dow’s Floating World: *Composition* (1905 edition)
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    Arthur Wesley Dow’s Floating World: Composition (1905 edition)

    William Hogarth’s Satire on False Perspective (1754)
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    Geometry & Diagrams, Music & Arts, Architecture

    William Hogarth’s Satire on False Perspective (1754)

    Don Quixote in the 20th Century (ca. 1905)
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    Humour & Satire, Music & Arts

    Don Quixote in the 20th Century (ca. 1905)

    The Reverse of a Framed Painting, and Other Trompe L’oeil by Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (ca. 1670)
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    The Reverse of a Framed Painting, and Other Trompe L’oeil by Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (ca. 1670)

    Sadakichi Hartmann’s Conversations with Walt Whitman (1895)
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    Music & Arts, People

    Sadakichi Hartmann’s Conversations with Walt Whitman (1895)

    The Tours of Dr Syntax (1809–1821)
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    Music & Arts, Humour & Satire

    The Tours of Dr Syntax (1809–1821)

    Filippo Buonanni’s Harmonic Cabinet (1722)
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    Technology, Music & Arts

    Filippo Buonanni’s Harmonic Cabinet (1722)

    Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus (1827)
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    Music & Arts

    Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus (1827)

    Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (1853)
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    Music & Arts

    Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (1853)

    Six Plays of the Yiddish Theatre (1916)
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    Customs & Culture, Music & Arts

    Six Plays of the Yiddish Theatre (1916)

    The Cubies’ ABC (1913)
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    Music & Arts, Communication

    The Cubies’ ABC (1913)

    Chester Harding’s My Egotistigraphy (1866)
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    People, Music & Arts

    Chester Harding’s My Egotistigraphy (1866)

    Bob’s Electrical Theatre (1906)
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    Bob’s Electrical Theatre (1906)

    John Locke’s Method for Common-Place Books (1685)
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    John Locke’s Method for Common-Place Books (1685)

    Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours (1814)
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    Science & Medicine, Music & Arts, Natural World

    Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours (1814)

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

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

    Shakespeare Songs from Victor Records
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    Shakespeare Songs from Victor Records

    Highlights from The Cleveland Museum of Art’s release of more than 30k images of public domain works
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    Highlights from The Cleveland Museum of Art’s release of more than 30k images of public domain works

    John Milton’s Frontispiece Prank
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    Music & Arts, Humour & Satire

    John Milton’s Frontispiece Prank

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

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

    Fore-Edge Book Paintings from the Boston Public Library
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    Landscapes, Music & Arts

    Fore-Edge Book Paintings from the Boston Public Library

    Letters to Dead Authors (1886)
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    Music & Arts, Communication

    Letters to Dead Authors (1886)

    The Dances of the Ages (1913)
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    The Dances of the Ages (1913)

    The Victrola Book of the Opera (1913)
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    The Victrola Book of the Opera (1913)