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    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)

    Tales of the Catfish God: Earthquakes in Japanese Woodblock Prints (1855)
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    Animals & Beasts, Death, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Tales of the Catfish God: Earthquakes in Japanese Woodblock Prints (1855)

    Lithographs from Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn’s *Java-Album* (1854)
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    Landscapes, Travel & Exploration

    Lithographs from Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn’s Java-Album (1854)

    Sheet Music Covers for the Gotham-Attucks Company, ca. 1905–1911
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    Design & Typography, Music & Arts

    Sheet Music Covers for the Gotham-Attucks Company, ca. 1905–1911

    Paper Gems: Early Modern Blackwork Prints
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    Design & Typography

    Paper Gems: Early Modern Blackwork Prints

    *Clear Shadows* (1867)
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    Customs & Culture

    Clear Shadows (1867)

    Masters of the Ice: Charles Rabot’s Arctic Photographs (ca. 1881)
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    Travel & Exploration, Customs & Culture

    Masters of the Ice: Charles Rabot’s Arctic Photographs (ca. 1881)

    The Landlord's Game: Lizzie Magie and Monopoly's Anti-Capitalist Origins (1903)
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    Design & Typography

    The Landlord's Game: Lizzie Magie and Monopoly's Anti-Capitalist Origins (1903)

    The World's First Costume Book: François Desprez's *Collection of Various Clothing Styles* (1562)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Fashion, Travel & Exploration

    The World's First Costume Book: François Desprez's Collection of Various Clothing Styles (1562)