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    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)

    James Sowerby’s *British Mineralogy* (1802–17)
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    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    James Sowerby’s British Mineralogy (1802–17)

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

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

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

    Odd Showers (1870)

    Lithographs from M. E. Descourtilz’s *Atlas des Champignons* (1827)
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    Natural World

    Lithographs from M. E. Descourtilz’s Atlas des Champignons (1827)

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

    Festooned: Martin Gerlach’s Decorative Groupings (1897)

    Albert Millican’s *Travels and Adventures of an Orchid Hunter* (1891)
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    Travel & Exploration, Natural World

    Albert Millican’s Travels and Adventures of an Orchid Hunter (1891)

    Joseph George Strutt’s *Sylva Britannica* (1830 edition)
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    Natural World

    Joseph George Strutt’s Sylva Britannica (1830 edition)

    A Book of Stone: Adam Wirsing’s Marmora (1776)
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    Natural World

    A Book of Stone: Adam Wirsing’s Marmora (1776)

    En Pleine Mer: The Underwater Landscapes of Eugen von Ransonnet-Villez
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    Natural World

    En Pleine Mer: The Underwater Landscapes of Eugen von Ransonnet-Villez

    Der Naturen Bloeme: The Flower of Nature (ca. 1350)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    Der Naturen Bloeme: The Flower of Nature (ca. 1350)

    Ancient Courses: Harold Fisk’s Meander Maps of the Mississippi River (1944)
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    Maps, Natural World

    Ancient Courses: Harold Fisk’s Meander Maps of the Mississippi River (1944)

    The Four Elements and Temperaments from an Album of Prints after Maerten de Vos (ca. 1583)
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    Natural World, Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Four Elements and Temperaments from an Album of Prints after Maerten de Vos (ca. 1583)

    Erbario: a 15th-century Herbal from Northern Italy
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    Natural World

    Erbario: a 15th-century Herbal from Northern Italy

    Richard Deakin’s Flora of the Colosseum of Rome (1855)
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    Natural World, Architecture

    Richard Deakin’s Flora of the Colosseum of Rome (1855)

    George Perkins Marsh’s Man and Nature (1864)
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    Natural World

    George Perkins Marsh’s Man and Nature (1864)

    Adalbert Stifter’s Rock Crystal (1846)
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    Natural World

    Adalbert Stifter’s Rock Crystal (1846)

    “Firelight Flickering on the Ceiling of the World”: The Aurora Borealis in Art
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    Natural World

    “Firelight Flickering on the Ceiling of the World”: The Aurora Borealis in Art

    Edward Lear’s Nonsense Botany (1871–77)
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    Natural World, Humour & Satire

    Edward Lear’s Nonsense Botany (1871–77)

    Fabre’s Book of Insects (1921)
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    Natural World

    Fabre’s Book of Insects (1921)

    The Language of Flowers: An Alphabet of Floral Emblems (1857)
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    Communication, Natural World, Emotion & Expression

    The Language of Flowers: An Alphabet of Floral Emblems (1857)

    Karl Blossfeldt’s *Urformen der Kunst* (1928)
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    Natural World

    Karl Blossfeldt’s Urformen der Kunst (1928)

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

    Plants and Their Application to Ornament (1896)

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

    Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours (1814)