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    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)

    Nehemiah Grew’s *Anatomy of Plants* (1680)
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    Nehemiah Grew’s Anatomy of Plants (1680)

    Geometrical psychology, or, The science of representation (1887)
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    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography

    Geometrical psychology, or, The science of representation (1887)

    An Account of a Fire-Ball, Seen at Hornsey, by William Hirst (1753)
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    Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena

    An Account of a Fire-Ball, Seen at Hornsey, by William Hirst (1753)

    Some Account of a Sheep Having a Monstrous Horn Growing from His Throat (1755)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena

    Some Account of a Sheep Having a Monstrous Horn Growing from His Throat (1755)

    Plates from Spiegel’s *De formato foetu liber singularis* (1626)
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    Science & Medicine

    Plates from Spiegel’s De formato foetu liber singularis (1626)

    The Embalming Jars of Frederik Ruysch
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    Science & Medicine

    The Embalming Jars of Frederik Ruysch

    The Attitudes of Animals in Motion, Illustrated with the Zoopraxiscope (1882)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    The Attitudes of Animals in Motion, Illustrated with the Zoopraxiscope (1882)