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    Sir Isaac Newton’s Daniel and the Apocalypse (1733)
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    Science & Medicine, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Sir Isaac Newton’s Daniel and the Apocalypse (1733)

    *Popular Scientific Recreations* (1883 edition)
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    Science & Medicine

    Popular Scientific Recreations (1883 edition)

    Illustrations from Vincenzo Requeno's *Discovery of Chironomia* (1797)
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    Science & Medicine

    Illustrations from Vincenzo Requeno's Discovery of Chironomia (1797)

    A Description of the Brain of Mr. Charles Babbage (1909)
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    Science & Medicine

    A Description of the Brain of Mr. Charles Babbage (1909)

    Plates from Robert Thornton’s Temple of Flora (1807)
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    Science & Medicine, Landscapes, Natural World

    Plates from Robert Thornton’s Temple of Flora (1807)

    Manuscript Handbook of Firework Design (1785)
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    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography

    Manuscript Handbook of Firework Design (1785)

    Coloured plates from Gautier D'Agoty's Essai d’Anatomie (1745)
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    Science & Medicine

    Coloured plates from Gautier D'Agoty's Essai d’Anatomie (1745)

    16th-century Prosthetics (1564)
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    Science & Medicine, Technology

    16th-century Prosthetics (1564)

    Anatomically labelled X-Ray images (1920)
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    Science & Medicine

    Anatomically labelled X-Ray images (1920)

    Kaishi Hen, an 18th-Century Japanese Anatomical Atlas
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    Science & Medicine

    Kaishi Hen, an 18th-Century Japanese Anatomical Atlas

    Rhyming Drugstore Advertisements (1885)
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    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography, Death, Humour & Satire

    Rhyming Drugstore Advertisements (1885)

    Hortus Malabaricus (1678-1693)
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    Science & Medicine

    Hortus Malabaricus (1678-1693)

    Manuscript of Ismail al-Jazarī’s Ingenious Mechanical Devices (ca. 17th century)
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    Science & Medicine, Technology

    Manuscript of Ismail al-Jazarī’s Ingenious Mechanical Devices (ca. 17th century)

    The Celestial Atlas of Flamsteed (1795)
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    Science & Medicine, Maps

    The Celestial Atlas of Flamsteed (1795)

    Tennis with Muybridge (1887)
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    Science & Medicine, Sport & Exercise

    Tennis with Muybridge (1887)

    Lost Futures: A 19th-Century Vision of the Year 2000
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    Science & Medicine, Technology, The Future

    Lost Futures: A 19th-Century Vision of the Year 2000

    The First Six Books of The Elements of Euclid (1847)
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    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography

    The First Six Books of The Elements of Euclid (1847)

    William Cheselden’s Osteographia (1733)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Death

    William Cheselden’s Osteographia (1733)

    Transit of Venus (1882)
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    Science & Medicine

    Transit of Venus (1882)

    Development of a Salamander (1920s)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Development of a Salamander (1920s)

    Turtle Anatomy (1821)
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    Science & Medicine

    Turtle Anatomy (1821)

    Fortification Theory (1600)
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    Science & Medicine, Architecture, Maps, War, Geometry & Diagrams

    Fortification Theory (1600)

    The Practical Magician and Ventriloquist’s Guide (1876)
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    Science & Medicine

    The Practical Magician and Ventriloquist’s Guide (1876)

    Illustrations of Ventilation (1869)
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    Science & Medicine

    Illustrations of Ventilation (1869)