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    Designs from Kimono Pattern Books (ca. 1902)
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    Fashion

    Designs from Kimono Pattern Books (ca. 1902)

    An Iconic Line: Claude Mellan’s *The Sudarium of Saint Veronica* (1649)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    An Iconic Line: Claude Mellan’s The Sudarium of Saint Veronica (1649)

    “When London is in Ruins”: Gustave Doré’s *The New Zealander* (1872)
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    Architecture, Death, Colonialism & the 'Other', Travel & Exploration, The Future

    “When London is in Ruins”: Gustave Doré’s The New Zealander (1872)

    Lithographs from M. E. Descourtilz’s *Atlas des Champignons* (1827)
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    Natural World

    Lithographs from M. E. Descourtilz’s Atlas des Champignons (1827)

    *The Ascent of Mont-Blanc* (ca. 1855)
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    Landscapes, Sport & Exercise, Travel & Exploration

    The Ascent of Mont-Blanc (ca. 1855)

    Adolf Schmidt’s *Atlas der Diatomaceenkunde* (1890)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Adolf Schmidt’s Atlas der Diatomaceenkunde (1890)

    700 Years of Dante’s *Divine Comedy* in Art
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    700 Years of Dante’s Divine Comedy in Art

    Figure/Ground: Alphonse Allais’ *April Fools Album* (1897)
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    Humour & Satire

    Figure/Ground: Alphonse Allais’ April Fools Album (1897)

    Festooned: Martin Gerlach’s Decorative Groupings (1897)
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    Natural World, Design & Typography

    Festooned: Martin Gerlach’s Decorative Groupings (1897)

    Astronomia Playing Cards (1829)
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    Astronomy & Space

    Astronomia Playing Cards (1829)

    John Singleton Copley’s *Watson and the Shark* (1778)
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    Animals & Beasts, Stories

    John Singleton Copley’s Watson and the Shark (1778)

    Solid Objects: 16th-Century Geometric and Perspective Drawings
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    Geometry & Diagrams, Design & Typography

    Solid Objects: 16th-Century Geometric and Perspective Drawings

    Flowers of Fire: Illustrations from Japanese Fireworks Catalogues (ca. 1880s)
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    Customs & Culture, Design & Typography

    Flowers of Fire: Illustrations from Japanese Fireworks Catalogues (ca. 1880s)

    Lewis Carroll’s Illustrations for “Alice’s Adventures Under Ground” (1864)
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    Stories, Travel & Exploration

    Lewis Carroll’s Illustrations for “Alice’s Adventures Under Ground” (1864)

    Alien Aqueducts: The Maps of Martian Canals
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    Astronomy & Space

    Alien Aqueducts: The Maps of Martian Canals

    Clouds of Unknowing: Edward Quin’s *Historical Atlas* (1830)
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    Maps

    Clouds of Unknowing: Edward Quin’s Historical Atlas (1830)

    The Zodiac Man
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    Science & Medicine

    The Zodiac Man

    Visualizing Migraines: The Attempts of Hubert Airy and Others to Depict Scintillating Scotomata
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    Science & Medicine

    Visualizing Migraines: The Attempts of Hubert Airy and Others to Depict Scintillating Scotomata

    A Remembrance of Aerial Forms: Odilon Redon’s *À Edgar Poe* (1882)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    A Remembrance of Aerial Forms: Odilon Redon’s À Edgar Poe (1882)

    Visualizing History: The Polish System
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    Maps

    Visualizing History: The Polish System

    William Blake’s *The Gates of Paradise* (1787-93)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    William Blake’s The Gates of Paradise (1787-93)

    Images of Hatha Yoga from the Joga Pradīpikā (19th century)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Sport & Exercise

    Images of Hatha Yoga from the Joga Pradīpikā (19th century)

    Agostino Ramelli’s Theatre of Machines (1588)
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    Technology, Architecture

    Agostino Ramelli’s Theatre of Machines (1588)

    A Book of Stone: Adam Wirsing’s Marmora (1776)
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    Natural World

    A Book of Stone: Adam Wirsing’s Marmora (1776)