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    Double Exposures
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    People

    Double Exposures

    Various Forms of Architecture (1636)
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    Architecture, Landscapes

    Various Forms of Architecture (1636)

    The Heart in Art
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    Maps

    The Heart in Art

    Jehan Cousin’s *Livre de Pourtraiture* (1608)
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    Geometry & Diagrams

    Jehan Cousin’s Livre de Pourtraiture (1608)

    Skeleton Leaves (1873)
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    Skeleton Leaves (1873)

    Illustrations from The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier (1678)
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    Animals & Beasts, People, Landscapes, Maps, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Illustrations from The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier (1678)

    The Vessels of Hermes - an Alchemical Album (ca.1700)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    The Vessels of Hermes - an Alchemical Album (ca.1700)

    Decayed Daguerreotypes
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    People, Death

    Decayed Daguerreotypes

    Engravings from Oliver Goldsmith’s History of the Earth and Animated Nature (1825)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Engravings from Oliver Goldsmith’s History of the Earth and Animated Nature (1825)

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Death

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    A Pictorial History of Santa Claus
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Fashion, Customs & Culture

    A Pictorial History of Santa Claus

    Twelve Twelve Twelve
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    People

    Twelve Twelve Twelve

    Illustrations from a Chapbook on Robinson Crusoe (ca. 1800)
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    Illustrations from a Chapbook on Robinson Crusoe (ca. 1800)

    Plates from a History of the Carriby Islands (1666)
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    Animals & Beasts, Colonialism & the 'Other', Customs & Culture

    Plates from a History of the Carriby Islands (1666)

    Owen Jones’ *Examples of Chinese Ornament* (1867)
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    Design & Typography

    Owen Jones’ Examples of Chinese Ornament (1867)

    Illustrations from Vincenzo Requeno's *Discovery of Chironomia* (1797)
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    Science & Medicine

    Illustrations from Vincenzo Requeno's Discovery of Chironomia (1797)

    Plates from Robert Thornton’s Temple of Flora (1807)
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    Science & Medicine, Landscapes, Natural World

    Plates from Robert Thornton’s Temple of Flora (1807)

    The Calaveras of José Guadalupe Posada
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    People

    The Calaveras of José Guadalupe Posada

    Posed Portraits of 19th-Century Baseball Stars
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    People, Sport & Exercise, Fashion

    Posed Portraits of 19th-Century Baseball Stars

    Coloured plates from Gautier D'Agoty's Essai d’Anatomie (1745)
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    Science & Medicine

    Coloured plates from Gautier D'Agoty's Essai d’Anatomie (1745)

    “I Reunite Architecture and Perspective”: Hirschvogel’s *Geometria* (1543)
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    Geometry & Diagrams

    “I Reunite Architecture and Perspective”: Hirschvogel’s Geometria (1543)

    Birds from *The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands* (1754)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Birds from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands (1754)

    Woodcuts from 18th-Century Chapbooks
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    People

    Woodcuts from 18th-Century Chapbooks

    Moriarty Playing Cards (1916)
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    People

    Moriarty Playing Cards (1916)