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    Ogawa Kazumasa’s Hand-Coloured Photographs of Flowers (1896)
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    Natural World

    Ogawa Kazumasa’s Hand-Coloured Photographs of Flowers (1896)

    Images from William Saville-Kent’s The Great Barrier Reef of Australia (1893)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Images from William Saville-Kent’s The Great Barrier Reef of Australia (1893)

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

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

    Ernst Haeckel’s Jellyfish
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    Ernst Haeckel’s Jellyfish

    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)

    On the Disposition of Iron in Variegated Strata (1868)
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    Landscapes, Natural World

    On the Disposition of Iron in Variegated Strata (1868)

    William Sharp’s Chromolithographs of The Great Water Lily (1854)
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    Natural World

    William Sharp’s Chromolithographs of The Great Water Lily (1854)

    Growing Things: A Film Lesson in “Nature Study” (1928)
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    Natural World

    Growing Things: A Film Lesson in “Nature Study” (1928)

    The Strange Adventures of a Pebble (1921)
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    Natural World

    The Strange Adventures of a Pebble (1921)

    Miniatures from a 12th-century Medical and Herbal Collection
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    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Miniatures from a 12th-century Medical and Herbal Collection

    Illustrations from a Descriptive Iconography of Cacti (1841)
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    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Illustrations from a Descriptive Iconography of Cacti (1841)

    Album of Seaweed Pictures (1848)
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    Design & Typography, Natural World

    Album of Seaweed Pictures (1848)

    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

    Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday (1902)
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    Natural World, Customs & Culture, Technology

    Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday (1902)

    The American Woods
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    Natural World

    The American Woods

    Phenomena Over and Under the Earth (1878)
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    Landscapes, Natural World, Strange Phenomena

    Phenomena Over and Under the Earth (1878)

    Francis Bacon on Gardens (1902)
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    Natural World

    Francis Bacon on Gardens (1902)

    Cyanotypes of British Algae by Anna Atkins (1843)
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    Natural World

    Cyanotypes of British Algae by Anna Atkins (1843)

    The Art of Ornamental Orange Peeling (1910)
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    Natural World, Strange Phenomena

    The Art of Ornamental Orange Peeling (1910)

    Watercolours from a 16th-Century De Materia Medica
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    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Watercolours from a 16th-Century De Materia Medica

    In the Gloaming - American Quartet (1910)
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    Natural World, Love & Lust

    In the Gloaming - American Quartet (1910)

    “Plantscapes” from Kerner von Marilaun’s Pflanzenleben (1887)
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    Natural World

    “Plantscapes” from Kerner von Marilaun’s Pflanzenleben (1887)

    Nature Through Microscope and Camera (1909)
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    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Nature Through Microscope and Camera (1909)

    Tractatus de Herbis (ca.1440)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Tractatus de Herbis (ca.1440)