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    Perpetual Movement: Francis Picabia’s *391* Review (1917–1924)
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    Customs & Culture, Design & Typography, Music & Arts

    Perpetual Movement: Francis Picabia’s 391 Review (1917–1924)

    Programming Prayer: The Woven Book of Hours (1886–87)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Customs & Culture, Design & Typography

    Programming Prayer: The Woven Book of Hours (1886–87)

    *The Little Journal of Rejects* (1896)
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    Design & Typography, Humour & Satire, Music & Arts

    The Little Journal of Rejects (1896)

    Edith Wharton’s *Italian Villas and their Gardens* (1904)
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    Landscapes, Design & Typography

    Edith Wharton’s Italian Villas and their Gardens (1904)

    *Punctuation Personified* (1824)
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    Design & Typography, Communication

    Punctuation Personified (1824)

    “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)

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

    Shadows from the Walls of Death (1874)

    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)

    “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)

    French Silk Sample Book (ca. 1900)
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    Fashion, Design & Typography

    French Silk Sample Book (ca. 1900)

    Hamonshu: A Japanese Book of Wave and Ripple Designs (1903)
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    Design & Typography, Natural World

    Hamonshu: A Japanese Book of Wave and Ripple Designs (1903)

    Book of French Textile Samples (1863)
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    Design & Typography

    Book of French Textile Samples (1863)

    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)

    Manual Training — Play Problems (1917)
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    Design & Typography, Technology

    Manual Training — Play Problems (1917)

    The Funny Alphabet (ca.1850)
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    Design & Typography

    The Funny Alphabet (ca.1850)

    Through the Eye to the Heart: *Bible Symbols* (1908 edition)
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    Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Through the Eye to the Heart: Bible Symbols (1908 edition)

    A Pack of Cavalier Playing Cards (1886)
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    Design & Typography, Politics

    A Pack of Cavalier Playing Cards (1886)

    *On the Writing of the Insane* (1870)
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    Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend, Music & Arts

    On the Writing of the Insane (1870)

    Manuscript Handbook of Firework Design (1785)
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    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography

    Manuscript Handbook of Firework Design (1785)

    *The Proper Art of Writing* (1655)
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    Design & Typography, Communication

    The Proper Art of Writing (1655)

    Catalogue of the 68 Competitive Designs for the Great Tower for London (1890)
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    Design & Typography, Architecture

    Catalogue of the 68 Competitive Designs for the Great Tower for London (1890)

    The First Six Books of The Elements of Euclid (1847)
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    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography

    The First Six Books of The Elements of Euclid (1847)

    Geometrical psychology, or, The science of representation (1887)
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    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography

    Geometrical psychology, or, The science of representation (1887)

    A Theory of Pure Design: Harmony, Balance, Rhythm (1907)
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    Design & Typography, Music & Arts

    A Theory of Pure Design: Harmony, Balance, Rhythm (1907)