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    First Edition Pamphlet of Frederick Douglass’ “What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?” (1852)
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    Politics

    First Edition Pamphlet of Frederick Douglass’ “What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?” (1852)

    William Wood’s The History and Antiquities of Eyam (1848)
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    Death, Religion, Myth & Legend

    William Wood’s The History and Antiquities of Eyam (1848)

    Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time (1896)
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    Customs & Culture

    Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time (1896)

    The Expressions of Emotion in the Pigeons (1909–11)
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    Animals & Beasts, Emotion & Expression

    The Expressions of Emotion in the Pigeons (1909–11)

    London's Dreadful Visitation: A Year of Weekly Death Statistics during the Great Plague (1665)
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    Death, Science & Medicine

    London's Dreadful Visitation: A Year of Weekly Death Statistics during the Great Plague (1665)

    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)

    Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (1853)
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    Music & Arts

    Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (1853)

    Glossary of Censored Words from a 1919 Treatise on Love
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    Love & Lust, Communication

    Glossary of Censored Words from a 1919 Treatise on Love

    Frances Power Cobbe’s “The Peak in Darien: The Riddle of Death” (1882)
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    Death

    Frances Power Cobbe’s “The Peak in Darien: The Riddle of Death” (1882)

    Nooks and Corners of Old New York (1899)
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    Architecture, Travel & Exploration

    Nooks and Corners of Old New York (1899)

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

    George Perkins Marsh’s Man and Nature (1864)

    John Reynolds’ Book of Murder Tales (1621–1635)
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    Death, Crime & Law

    John Reynolds’ Book of Murder Tales (1621–1635)

    Dorothy Wordsworth’s Journal of a Few Months’ Residence in Portugal (1847)
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    Travel & Exploration

    Dorothy Wordsworth’s Journal of a Few Months’ Residence in Portugal (1847)

    Tlingit Myths and Texts (1909)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Tlingit Myths and Texts (1909)

    First Paper to Link CO2 and Global Warming, by Eunice Foote (1856)
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    Science & Medicine

    First Paper to Link CO2 and Global Warming, by Eunice Foote (1856)

    The Narrative of Henry Box Brown (1849)
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    People

    The Narrative of Henry Box Brown (1849)

    Chester Harding’s My Egotistigraphy (1866)
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    People, Music & Arts

    Chester Harding’s My Egotistigraphy (1866)

    The History of Burke and Hare and of the Resurrectionist Times (1884)
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    Death, Crime & Law

    The History of Burke and Hare and of the Resurrectionist Times (1884)

    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)

    Through the First Antarctic Night (1900)
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    Travel & Exploration

    Through the First Antarctic Night (1900)

    X is for...
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    Communication

    X is for...

    Agnes Catlow’s Drops of Water (1851)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Agnes Catlow’s Drops of Water (1851)

    My Diary in a Chinese Farm (1894)
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    My Diary in a Chinese Farm (1894)