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    “Though Silent, I Speak”: *A Book of Sundial Mottoes* (1903)
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    Death, Design & Typography, Wisdom

    “Though Silent, I Speak”: A Book of Sundial Mottoes (1903)

    *Dentologia: A Poem on the Diseases of the Teeth* (1833)
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    Science & Medicine

    Dentologia: A Poem on the Diseases of the Teeth (1833)

    Blights of the Bookish: *An Essay on Diseases Incidental to Literary and Sedentary Persons* (1768)
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    Science & Medicine, Work

    Blights of the Bookish: An Essay on Diseases Incidental to Literary and Sedentary Persons (1768)

    *Cultus Arborum: A Descriptive Account of Phallic Tree Worship* (1890)
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    Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Cultus Arborum: A Descriptive Account of Phallic Tree Worship (1890)

    Law and Ordure: *Scatalogic Rites of All Nations* (1891)
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    Customs & Culture, Food, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Law and Ordure: Scatalogic Rites of All Nations (1891)

    Downhill from Here: *The Slant Book* (1910)
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    Humour & Satire

    Downhill from Here: The Slant Book (1910)

    Many-Colored Misdirection: *Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom* (1909)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Science & Medicine

    Many-Colored Misdirection: Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom (1909)

    *A Treatise Concerning the Properties and Effects of Coffee* (1792)
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    Drugs, Food, Science & Medicine

    A Treatise Concerning the Properties and Effects of Coffee (1792)

    *Frost Flowers on the Windows* (1899)
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    Natural World, Strange Phenomena, Ghosts & Occult

    Frost Flowers on the Windows (1899)

    The Book of Bread (1903)
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    Food

    The Book of Bread (1903)

    *Mighty Mikko: A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales* (1922)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Mighty Mikko: A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales (1922)

    A Pantomime and Masquerade: *Trivia: or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London* (1716)
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    Humour & Satire, Travel & Exploration

    A Pantomime and Masquerade: Trivia: or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London (1716)

    *Shadows from the Walls of Death* (1874)
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    Design & Typography, Science & Medicine, Death

    Shadows from the Walls of Death (1874)

    Black Bibliography: Daniel Murray’s *Preliminary List* (1900)
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    People, Music & Arts

    Black Bibliography: Daniel Murray’s Preliminary List (1900)

    The Kumatologist: Vaughan Cornish’s Wave Studies (1910–14)
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    Natural World, Science & Medicine

    The Kumatologist: Vaughan Cornish’s Wave Studies (1910–14)

    Trimalchio in Newburyport: Timothy Dexter’s *A Pickle for the Knowing Ones* (1848)
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    People

    Trimalchio in Newburyport: Timothy Dexter’s A Pickle for the Knowing Ones (1848)

    Phantom Bouquets: Two Books on the Art of Skeleton Leaves (1864)
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    Design & Typography, Science & Medicine

    Phantom Bouquets: Two Books on the Art of Skeleton Leaves (1864)

    Agnes Giberne’s *The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars* (1898)
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    Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

    Agnes Giberne’s The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars (1898)

    *Shores of the Polar Sea* (1878)
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    Travel & Exploration

    Shores of the Polar Sea (1878)

    The Discarnates: *Thomas Carlyle in the Spirit-World* (1920)
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    Death, Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    The Discarnates: Thomas Carlyle in the Spirit-World (1920)

    Fearful Symmetry: Inkblot Books (1857–1915)
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    Animals & Beasts, Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    Fearful Symmetry: Inkblot Books (1857–1915)

    Harris’s List of Covent-Garden Ladies (1757–95)
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    Love & Lust

    Harris’s List of Covent-Garden Ladies (1757–95)

    “A Sword was Seen in the Sky”: *A True and Wonderful Narrative* (1763)
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    Strange Phenomena, Politics

    “A Sword was Seen in the Sky”: A True and Wonderful Narrative (1763)

    “The Rainbow for their Guide”: Mary Gartside’s *New Theory of Colours* (1808)
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    Design & Typography

    “The Rainbow for their Guide”: Mary Gartside’s New Theory of Colours (1808)