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    The Art of Dreams
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    People, Religion, Myth & Legend, Strange Phenomena

    The Art of Dreams

    America, a Personification (ca. 1590)
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    People, Politics, Customs & Culture

    America, a Personification (ca. 1590)

    Hoefnagel’s Guide to Constructing the Letters (ca. 1595)
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    Design & Typography

    Hoefnagel’s Guide to Constructing the Letters (ca. 1595)

    A Young Daughter of the Picts (ca. 1585)
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    People, Fashion

    A Young Daughter of the Picts (ca. 1585)

    Flowers of the Sky
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    Astronomy & Space

    Flowers of the Sky

    The Art of Swimming (1587)
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    Sport & Exercise

    The Art of Swimming (1587)

    Adriaen Coenen’s Fish Book (1580)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Adriaen Coenen’s Fish Book (1580)

    Flemish Mask Designs in the Grotesque Style (1555)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Flemish Mask Designs in the Grotesque Style (1555)

    Paintings in Proust (Vol. 1, Swann’s Way)
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    People

    Paintings in Proust (Vol. 1, Swann’s Way)

    Salome with John The Baptist’s Head at the Rijksmuseum
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    Salome with John The Baptist’s Head at the Rijksmuseum

    Radical Fashion from the Schembart Carnival (1590)
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    People, Fashion, Customs & Culture

    Radical Fashion from the Schembart Carnival (1590)

    The Heart in Art
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    Maps

    The Heart in Art

    Jehan Cousin’s *Livre de Pourtraiture* (1608)
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    Geometry & Diagrams

    Jehan Cousin’s Livre de Pourtraiture (1608)

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Death

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    “I Reunite Architecture and Perspective”: Hirschvogel’s *Geometria* (1543)
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    Geometry & Diagrams

    “I Reunite Architecture and Perspective”: Hirschvogel’s Geometria (1543)

    16th-century Prosthetics (1564)
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    Science & Medicine, Technology

    16th-century Prosthetics (1564)

    Coloured Engravings of the Fugger Family
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    People

    Coloured Engravings of the Fugger Family

    Codex Mendoza (1542)
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    Codex Mendoza (1542)

    A Catalogue of Polish Bishops
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    People

    A Catalogue of Polish Bishops

    Engravings by Dominicus Custos
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    People

    Engravings by Dominicus Custos

    Giambattista della Porta’s De humana physiognomonia libri IIII (1586)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, People, Emotion & Expression

    Giambattista della Porta’s De humana physiognomonia libri IIII (1586)

    Huexotzinco Codex (1531)
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    Politics

    Huexotzinco Codex (1531)

    “Knowledge Is Infinite”: Manuscript of Piri Reis’ *Book of Seafaring* (ca. 17th Century)
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    Maps, Travel & Exploration

    “Knowledge Is Infinite”: Manuscript of Piri Reis’ Book of Seafaring (ca. 17th Century)