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    Philipp Hainhofer’s *Große Stammbuch* (1596–1633)
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    People

    Philipp Hainhofer’s Große Stammbuch (1596–1633)

    *Cycling Art, Energy, and Locomotion* (1889)
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    Sport & Exercise

    Cycling Art, Energy, and Locomotion (1889)

    James Sowerby’s *British Mineralogy* (1802–17)
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    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    James Sowerby’s British Mineralogy (1802–17)

    Arthur Wesley Dow’s Floating World: *Composition* (1905 edition)
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    Music & Arts

    Arthur Wesley Dow’s Floating World: Composition (1905 edition)

    Judith Sargent Murray’s *On the Equality of the Sexes* (1790)
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    Politics, Love & Lust

    Judith Sargent Murray’s On the Equality of the Sexes (1790)

    William James on the Stream of Consciousness (1890)
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    Science & Medicine, Communication

    William James on the Stream of Consciousness (1890)

    Hieroglyphics of a Rope-Dancer: *The Book of Fate* (1822)
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    Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    Hieroglyphics of a Rope-Dancer: The Book of Fate (1822)

    Resurrection on Repeat: *Rules and Orders of the Humane Society* (1787)
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    Death, Science & Medicine, Technology

    Resurrection on Repeat: Rules and Orders of the Humane Society (1787)

    Reciting Pictures: Buddhist Texts for the Illiterate
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    Customs & Culture, Communication, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Reciting Pictures: Buddhist Texts for the Illiterate

    *Odd Showers* (1870)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Strange Phenomena

    Odd Showers (1870)

    Imaging Inscape: *The Human Soul* (1913)
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    Ghosts & Occult, Technology, Strange Phenomena, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Imaging Inscape: The Human Soul (1913)

    Aspirated Aspirations: Alfred Leach’s *The Letter H* (1880)
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    Communication

    Aspirated Aspirations: Alfred Leach’s The Letter H (1880)

    William Baillie-Grohman’s *Sport in Art* (1913)
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    Animals & Beasts, Sport & Exercise

    William Baillie-Grohman’s Sport in Art (1913)

    *Zanzibar Tales* (1901)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Zanzibar Tales (1901)

    A Monster in the Heart: Edward May’s *A Most Certaine and True Relation* (1639)
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    Science & Medicine

    A Monster in the Heart: Edward May’s A Most Certaine and True Relation (1639)

    A Modest Apology for the Man in the Bottle (1749)
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    Strange Phenomena

    A Modest Apology for the Man in the Bottle (1749)

    *A Treatise on Artificial Limbs* (1899)
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    Science & Medicine

    A Treatise on Artificial Limbs (1899)

    Albert Millican’s *Travels and Adventures of an Orchid Hunter* (1891)
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    Travel & Exploration, Natural World

    Albert Millican’s Travels and Adventures of an Orchid Hunter (1891)

    John Uri Lloyd’s *Etidorhpa* (1895)
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    Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    John Uri Lloyd’s Etidorhpa (1895)

    Seeking Enlightenment: Denis Diderot’s *Letter on the Blind* (1749)
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    Customs & Culture

    Seeking Enlightenment: Denis Diderot’s Letter on the Blind (1749)

    Joseph George Strutt’s *Sylva Britannica* (1830 edition)
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    Natural World

    Joseph George Strutt’s Sylva Britannica (1830 edition)

    On the Road: *The Woman and the Car* (1909)
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    Technology

    On the Road: The Woman and the Car (1909)

    On *Sprezzatura*: Baldassare Castiglione’s *The Book of the Courtier* (1903 edition)
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    Customs & Culture

    On Sprezzatura: Baldassare Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier (1903 edition)

    The Future Imagined in Albert Robida’s *La vie électrique* (1890)
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    Technology, The Future

    The Future Imagined in Albert Robida’s La vie électrique (1890)