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    The Art of Dreams
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    People, Religion, Myth & Legend, Strange Phenomena

    The Art of Dreams

    Illustrations from a Teenage Holiday Journal (1821)
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    People, Customs & Culture

    Illustrations from a Teenage Holiday Journal (1821)

    Photograph Collection of a 19th-Century Sexologist
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    Fashion, Love & Lust

    Photograph Collection of a 19th-Century Sexologist

    In Search of the Impossible: The Perfect English Rabbit
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    Animals & Beasts

    In Search of the Impossible: The Perfect English Rabbit

    53 Stations of the Tōkaidō as Potted Landscapes (1848)
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    Landscapes

    53 Stations of the Tōkaidō as Potted Landscapes (1848)

    The Photographs of Hugo Simberg
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    Music & Arts

    The Photographs of Hugo Simberg

    America, a Personification (ca. 1590)
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    People, Politics, Customs & Culture

    America, a Personification (ca. 1590)

    Journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt (ca. 1467)
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    Architecture, Travel & Exploration

    Journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt (ca. 1467)

    Photographs of a Falling Cat (1894)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Photographs of a Falling Cat (1894)

    Speech of Satan to his Legions from *A System of Elocution* (1846)
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    Communication

    Speech of Satan to his Legions from A System of Elocution (1846)

    Hoefnagel’s Guide to Constructing the Letters (ca. 1595)
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    Design & Typography

    Hoefnagel’s Guide to Constructing the Letters (ca. 1595)

    Greetings from Krampus
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Greetings from Krampus

    A Young Daughter of the Picts (ca. 1585)
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    People, Fashion

    A Young Daughter of the Picts (ca. 1585)

    Beards of Time
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    People

    Beards of Time

    “Plantscapes” from Kerner von Marilaun’s Pflanzenleben (1887)
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    Natural World

    “Plantscapes” from Kerner von Marilaun’s Pflanzenleben (1887)

    Flowers of the Sky
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    Astronomy & Space

    Flowers of the Sky

    The Art of Swimming (1587)
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    Sport & Exercise

    The Art of Swimming (1587)

    Nature Through Microscope and Camera (1909)
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    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Nature Through Microscope and Camera (1909)

    Highlights from Folger Shakespeare Library’s Release of almost 80,000 Images
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    Music & Arts

    Highlights from Folger Shakespeare Library’s Release of almost 80,000 Images

    Adriaen Coenen’s Fish Book (1580)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Adriaen Coenen’s Fish Book (1580)

    High Frequency Electric Currents in Medicine and Dentistry (1910)
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    Science & Medicine

    High Frequency Electric Currents in Medicine and Dentistry (1910)

    Japanese Prints of Western Inventors, Artists and Scholars (1873)
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    Colonialism & the 'Other', Customs & Culture, Technology

    Japanese Prints of Western Inventors, Artists and Scholars (1873)

    Flemish Mask Designs in the Grotesque Style (1555)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Flemish Mask Designs in the Grotesque Style (1555)

    Palacio’s Plan for Colossal Monument to Columbus (1890)
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    Architecture

    Palacio’s Plan for Colossal Monument to Columbus (1890)