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    First English Edition of Michel de Montaigne’s Essays (1603)
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    Wisdom

    First English Edition of Michel de Montaigne’s Essays (1603)

    Autographs for Freedom (1853)
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    Politics

    Autographs for Freedom (1853)

    Cryptography: or the History, Principles, and Practice of Cipher-Writing (1898)
    Books / 
    Communication, Technology

    Cryptography: or the History, Principles, and Practice of Cipher-Writing (1898)

    Russian Portraits (1921)
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    Politics, Travel & Exploration

    Russian Portraits (1921)

    A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1788)
    Books / 
    Communication

    A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1788)

    The Book of the Homeless (1916)
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    War

    The Book of the Homeless (1916)

    Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African (1784)
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    Customs & Culture

    Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African (1784)

    Park Conscious (1938)
    Film / 
    Landscapes

    Park Conscious (1938)

    Hieroglyphic Journal of a Voyage to the Caribbean (1815)
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    Travel & Exploration

    Hieroglyphic Journal of a Voyage to the Caribbean (1815)

    The Victrola Book of the Opera (1913)
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    Music & Arts

    The Victrola Book of the Opera (1913)

    The History of Ink: Including its Etymology, Chemistry, and Bibliography (1860)
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    Music & Arts, Technology

    The History of Ink: Including its Etymology, Chemistry, and Bibliography (1860)

    Eighteen Hundred and Eleven (1812)
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    Politics, War

    Eighteen Hundred and Eleven (1812)

    Book of French Textile Samples (1863)
    Books / 
    Design & Typography

    Book of French Textile Samples (1863)

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

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

    Texts in Mathias Enard’s Compass
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    People, Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the 'Other', Customs & Culture

    Texts in Mathias Enard’s Compass

    What Became of the Slaves on a Georgia Plantation? (1863)
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    Politics

    What Became of the Slaves on a Georgia Plantation? (1863)

    The Strange Adventures of a Pebble (1921)
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    Natural World

    The Strange Adventures of a Pebble (1921)

    The Pioneer ov Simplified Speling, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1912)
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    Communication

    The Pioneer ov Simplified Speling, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1912)

    Airopaidia (1786) — the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion
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    Maps, Travel & Exploration, Technology

    Airopaidia (1786) — the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion

    Potts’s Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster (1845)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    Potts’s Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster (1845)

    The Splash of a Drop (1895)
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    Science & Medicine, Geometry & Diagrams

    The Splash of a Drop (1895)

    Opium Destruction, San Francisco (1914)
    Film / 
    Crime & Law, Drugs

    Opium Destruction, San Francisco (1914)

    Blue-Sky Thinking: *The Influence of the Blue Ray of the Sunlight* (1877)
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    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography

    Blue-Sky Thinking: The Influence of the Blue Ray of the Sunlight (1877)

    Barnard’s Universal Criminal Cipher Code (1895)
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    Communication, Crime & Law

    Barnard’s Universal Criminal Cipher Code (1895)