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    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)

    Filippo Morghen’s Fantastical Visions of Lunar Life (1776)
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    Astronomy & Space

    Filippo Morghen’s Fantastical Visions of Lunar Life (1776)

    Serviette Sculptures: Mattia Giegher’s Treatise on Napkin Folding (1629)
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    Design & Typography, Food

    Serviette Sculptures: Mattia Giegher’s Treatise on Napkin Folding (1629)

    Early Illustrations of the Nervous System by Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal
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    Science & Medicine

    Early Illustrations of the Nervous System by Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal

    Samuel G. Szabó’s Rogues, A Study of Characters (1857)
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    Crime & Law

    Samuel G. Szabó’s Rogues, A Study of Characters (1857)

    William Hogarth’s Satire on False Perspective (1754)
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    Geometry & Diagrams, Music & Arts, Architecture

    William Hogarth’s Satire on False Perspective (1754)

    Don Quixote in the 20th Century (ca. 1905)
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    Humour & Satire, Music & Arts

    Don Quixote in the 20th Century (ca. 1905)

    En Pleine Mer: The Underwater Landscapes of Eugen von Ransonnet-Villez
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    Natural World

    En Pleine Mer: The Underwater Landscapes of Eugen von Ransonnet-Villez

    Greek Masquerade (1771)
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    Architecture, Fashion

    Greek Masquerade (1771)

    The Reverse of a Framed Painting, and Other Trompe L’oeil by Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (ca. 1670)
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    Music & Arts

    The Reverse of a Framed Painting, and Other Trompe L’oeil by Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (ca. 1670)

    The Sorceress by Jan van de Velde II (1626)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    The Sorceress by Jan van de Velde II (1626)

    Filippo Buonanni’s Harmonic Cabinet (1722)
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    Technology, Music & Arts

    Filippo Buonanni’s Harmonic Cabinet (1722)

    Herbert Geddes’ “Life in Japan” Collection: Hand-Coloured Glass Transparencies of the Meiji-Era
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    Customs & Culture

    Herbert Geddes’ “Life in Japan” Collection: Hand-Coloured Glass Transparencies of the Meiji-Era

    Kaspar Hauser’s Art (1828–1833)
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    Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Kaspar Hauser’s Art (1828–1833)

    Joseph-Balthazar Sylvestre’s Alphabet Album (1843)
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    Design & Typography

    Joseph-Balthazar Sylvestre’s Alphabet Album (1843)

    Der Naturen Bloeme: The Flower of Nature (ca. 1350)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    Der Naturen Bloeme: The Flower of Nature (ca. 1350)

    Of Chickens, Eggs, and Cannonballs: Roger Fenton’s Valley of the Shadow of Death (1855)
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    War

    Of Chickens, Eggs, and Cannonballs: Roger Fenton’s Valley of the Shadow of Death (1855)