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“The Persian *Mâr-Nâmeh* or, The Book for Taking Omens from Snakes” (1892)
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Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend, Colonialism & the ‘Other’

“The Persian Mâr-Nâmeh or, The Book for Taking Omens from Snakes” (1892)

Choice Notes on History from *Notes and Queries* (1858)
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People, Stories, Education

Choice Notes on History from Notes and Queries (1858)

*The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer* (1877)
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Religion, Myth & Legend, The Future

The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer (1877)

Longitude by Way of Wounded Hounds: Kenelm Digby’s *Sympathetick Powder* (1669 edition)
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Science & Medicine

Longitude by Way of Wounded Hounds: Kenelm Digby’s Sympathetick Powder (1669 edition)

“A Beautiful Purplish Hue”: Frank Dudley Beane’s Experience with Ergot and Cannabis Indica (1884)
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Drugs

“A Beautiful Purplish Hue”: Frank Dudley Beane’s Experience with Ergot and Cannabis Indica (1884)

Pigeons Transmogrified: Hannah Glasse’s *Art of Cookery* (1751 edition)
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Food

Pigeons Transmogrified: Hannah Glasse’s Art of Cookery (1751 edition)

Peter Kropotkin’s *Memoirs of a Revolutionist* (1899)
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People, Politics

Peter Kropotkin’s Memoirs of a Revolutionist (1899)

A Treatise on the All-Healing Qualities of Earth Bathing (1790)
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Science & Medicine

A Treatise on the All-Healing Qualities of Earth Bathing (1790)

Vertiginous Accounts: *Travels in the Air* (1871 edition)
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Communication, Travel & Exploration, Technology

Vertiginous Accounts: Travels in the Air (1871 edition)

*A Collection of Old English Customs, and Curious Bequests and Charities* (1842)
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Customs & Culture

A Collection of Old English Customs, and Curious Bequests and Charities (1842)

Cannibal Modernity: Oswald de Andrade’s *Manifesto Antropófago* (1928)
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Customs & Culture, Politics, Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the ‘Other’, Music & Arts

Cannibal Modernity: Oswald de Andrade’s Manifesto Antropófago (1928)

Strings Attached: Helen Haiman Joseph’s *A Book of Marionettes* (1920)
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Music & Arts

Strings Attached: Helen Haiman Joseph’s A Book of Marionettes (1920)

Drawing on Tradition: Elena Izcue’s *Peruvian Art in the School* (1926)
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Customs & Culture, Music & Arts

Drawing on Tradition: Elena Izcue’s Peruvian Art in the School (1926)

Charles Davy’s *Conjectural Observations on the Origin and Progress of Alphabetic Writing* (1772)
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Customs & Culture, Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend

Charles Davy’s Conjectural Observations on the Origin and Progress of Alphabetic Writing (1772)

Charles Butler’s *The Feminine Monarchie, or the History of Bees* (1634 edition)
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Animals & Beasts, Politics

Charles Butler’s The Feminine Monarchie, or the History of Bees (1634 edition)

*Sea Monsters Unmasked* and *Sea Fables Explained* by Henry Lee (1883)
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Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend, Science & Medicine

Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by Henry Lee (1883)

Uncommon Sense: Edward B. Foote’s *Plain Home Talk* (1896 edition)
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Customs & Culture, Science & Medicine, Wisdom

Uncommon Sense: Edward B. Foote’s Plain Home Talk (1896 edition)

*Ostrich Egg-Shell Cups of Mesopotamia and the Ostrich in Ancient and Modern Times* (1926)
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Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture

Ostrich Egg-Shell Cups of Mesopotamia and the Ostrich in Ancient and Modern Times (1926)

The Drift of Things: David Goodman Croly’s *Glimpses of the Future* (1888)
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The Future

The Drift of Things: David Goodman Croly’s Glimpses of the Future (1888)

True Crime: Allan Pinkerton’s *Thirty Years a Detective* (1884)
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Crime & Law

True Crime: Allan Pinkerton’s Thirty Years a Detective (1884)

Karel Čapek’s *Letters from England* (1925)
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Travel & Exploration

Karel Čapek’s Letters from England (1925)

*Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs* (1869)
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Love & Lust, Science & Medicine

Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs (1869)

Sabine Baring-Gould’s *Book of Were-Wolves* (1865)
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Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Ghosts & Occult

Sabine Baring-Gould’s Book of Were-Wolves (1865)

“Freedom! Equality!! Justice!!!”: Victoria Woodhull’s *Impending Revolution* (1872)
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Politics, People

“Freedom! Equality!! Justice!!!”: Victoria Woodhull’s Impending Revolution (1872)

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