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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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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)

Season’s Bleatings: Finnish Photographs of the Nuuttipukki (1928)
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Season’s Bleatings: Finnish Photographs of the Nuuttipukki (1928)

Chromolithographs of Paper Lanterns (ca. 1880)
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Customs & Culture, Design & Typography

Chromolithographs of Paper Lanterns (ca. 1880)

Divide and Concur: A Radical Plan for Peace in Europe (1920)
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War, Geometry & Diagrams

Divide and Concur: A Radical Plan for Peace in Europe (1920)

Ikkyū in Hell: *Skeletons* (1692)
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Death, Religion, Myth & Legend

Ikkyū in Hell: Skeletons (1692)

Your Flannelette Cure: Fire Tests with Textiles (1910)
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Death, Fashion

Your Flannelette Cure: Fire Tests with Textiles (1910)

Aftershock of the New: Woodblock Prints of Post-Disaster Tokyo (1928–32)
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Architecture, Landscapes

Aftershock of the New: Woodblock Prints of Post-Disaster Tokyo (1928–32)

Käthe Kollwitz’s Peasants’ War Series (ca. 1901–1908)
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Käthe Kollwitz’s Peasants’ War Series (ca. 1901–1908)

Charles H. Bennett’s *Shadows* (ca. 1856)
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Charles H. Bennett’s Shadows (ca. 1856)

Behold the Nebulous Smear:
‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Sūfī’s *Illustrated Book of Fixed Stars* (ca. 1430)
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Behold the Nebulous Smear: ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Sūfī’s Illustrated Book of Fixed Stars (ca. 1430)

*A Careful Selection of Whisk Ferns* (1837)
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Natural World, Music & Arts

A Careful Selection of Whisk Ferns (1837)

*The Works of Mars* (1671)
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The Works of Mars (1671)

The “Madame B Album” (ca. 1870s)
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The “Madame B Album” (ca. 1870s)

Hokusai’s *Illustrated Warrior Vanguard of Japan and China* (1836)
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War, Religion, Myth & Legend

Hokusai’s Illustrated Warrior Vanguard of Japan and China (1836)

The Department of Preparation: Thomas Smillie’s Photographic Survey of the Smithsonian (1890–1913)
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The Department of Preparation: Thomas Smillie’s Photographic Survey of the Smithsonian (1890–1913)

*Specimens of Fancy Turning* (1869)
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Specimens of Fancy Turning (1869)

My Body is a ~~Temple~~ Four-Story House: Analogical Diagram from Tobias Cohen’s *Ma’aseh Tuviyah* (1708)
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Architecture, Science & Medicine

My Body is a Temple Four-Story House: Analogical Diagram from Tobias Cohen’s Ma’aseh Tuviyah (1708)

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