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    Vanity of Vanities: *Fool’s Cap Map of the World* (ca. 1585)
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    Maps, Humour & Satire

    Vanity of Vanities: Fool’s Cap Map of the World (ca. 1585)

    Yellow Silence: Miniature from the Silos Apocalypse (ca. 1100)
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    Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Yellow Silence: Miniature from the Silos Apocalypse (ca. 1100)

    A Very Tall Tale: Photograph of the Cardiff Giant (ca. 1869)
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    Animals & Beasts, Strange Phenomena

    A Very Tall Tale: Photograph of the Cardiff Giant (ca. 1869)

    Theodor de Bry’s Engravings for Thomas Harriot’s *Briefe and True Report* (1590)
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    Customs & Culture, Colonialism & the 'Other', Travel & Exploration

    Theodor de Bry’s Engravings for Thomas Harriot’s Briefe and True Report (1590)

    Among the Moss Piglets: The First Image of a Tardigrade (1773)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Among the Moss Piglets: The First Image of a Tardigrade (1773)

    *Antiquities of Mexico* (1831–48)
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    Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Antiquities of Mexico (1831–48)

    The American Colony of Jerusalem’s “Wild Flowers of Palestine” (ca. 1900–20)
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    Natural World, Politics

    The American Colony of Jerusalem’s “Wild Flowers of Palestine” (ca. 1900–20)

    Johannes Hartlieb’s Book of Herbs (1462)
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    Drugs, Design & Typography, Food

    Johannes Hartlieb’s Book of Herbs (1462)

    A Bug’s Life: David and Marian Fairchild’s *Book of Monsters* (1914)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Science & Medicine

    A Bug’s Life: David and Marian Fairchild’s Book of Monsters (1914)

    Thomas Eakins’ Photograph of a Dissected Horse’s Leg (ca. 1885)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Thomas Eakins’ Photograph of a Dissected Horse’s Leg (ca. 1885)

    Raffaele Mainella’s Illustrations for *Nos Invisibles* (1907)
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    Death, Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    Raffaele Mainella’s Illustrations for Nos Invisibles (1907)

    Looking Backward: Images of *Rückenfiguren* (ca. 1497–1925)
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    Landscapes, Music & Arts

    Looking Backward: Images of Rückenfiguren (ca. 1497–1925)

    The Lens of Desire: Eye Miniatures (ca. 1790–1810)
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    Love & Lust

    The Lens of Desire: Eye Miniatures (ca. 1790–1810)

    “Chinese Arabesques” by Jean-Baptiste Pillement and Anne Allen (ca. 1790–99)
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    Design & Typography, Music & Arts

    “Chinese Arabesques” by Jean-Baptiste Pillement and Anne Allen (ca. 1790–99)

    Love Spells and Deadly Shrieks: Illustrations of Mandrakes (ca. 650–1927)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Drugs, Natural World, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Love Spells and Deadly Shrieks: Illustrations of Mandrakes (ca. 650–1927)

    The Gilded Gallows of Georg Honauer (1597)
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    Death, Science & Medicine

    The Gilded Gallows of Georg Honauer (1597)

    Photographs of Life in Palestine (ca. 1896–1919)
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    Architecture, Customs & Culture, Landscapes, People

    Photographs of Life in Palestine (ca. 1896–1919)

    Maria Catharina Prestel’s Printed Cabinet of Drawings (ca. 1780s)
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    Music & Arts, Landscapes

    Maria Catharina Prestel’s Printed Cabinet of Drawings (ca. 1780s)

    Signs and Wonders: Celestial Phenomena in 16th-Century Germany
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    Strange Phenomena, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Signs and Wonders: Celestial Phenomena in 16th-Century Germany

    Grotesqueries at Gethsemane: Marcus Gheeraerts’ *Passio Verbigenae* (ca. 1580)
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    Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Grotesqueries at Gethsemane: Marcus Gheeraerts’ Passio Verbigenae (ca. 1580)

    A Family Tree: Hippolyte Hodeau’s Trench Art (ca. 1917)
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    Design & Typography, Natural World, Music & Arts, War

    A Family Tree: Hippolyte Hodeau’s Trench Art (ca. 1917)

    *Flemish Proverbs* by Jan Wierix (ca. 1568)
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    Wisdom, Customs & Culture

    Flemish Proverbs by Jan Wierix (ca. 1568)

    The Art of Sutherland Macdonald, Victorian England’s “Michelangelo of Tattooing” (ca. 1905)
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    Customs & Culture, Design & Typography

    The Art of Sutherland Macdonald, Victorian England’s “Michelangelo of Tattooing” (ca. 1905)

    Maria Sibylla Merian’s *Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium* (1705)
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    Natural World, Travel & Exploration

    Maria Sibylla Merian’s Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705)