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

    Ikkyū in Hell: Skeletons (1692)

    Charles H. Bennett’s *Shadows* (ca. 1856)
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    Animals & Beasts, Humour & Satire

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

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

    A Careful Selection of Whisk Ferns (1837)

    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)

    Jean Baptiste Vérany’s Chromolithographs of Cephalopods (1851)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Science & Medicine

    Jean Baptiste Vérany’s Chromolithographs of Cephalopods (1851)

    C. P. Cranch’s Very Literal Illustrations of Emerson’s *Nature* (ca. 1837–39)
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    Humour & Satire

    C. P. Cranch’s Very Literal Illustrations of Emerson’s Nature (ca. 1837–39)

    Manhattan’s Last Arcadia: Estate Plans from the Index of American Design (1936)
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    Architecture, Landscapes

    Manhattan’s Last Arcadia: Estate Plans from the Index of American Design (1936)

    Fraktur Folk Art (ca. 1750–1820)
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    Customs & Culture

    Fraktur Folk Art (ca. 1750–1820)

    Martin Frobenius Ledermüller’s Microscopic Delights (1759–63)
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    Natural World, Science & Medicine, Animals & Beasts

    Martin Frobenius Ledermüller’s Microscopic Delights (1759–63)

    “March of Intellect” Cartoons (1828–29)
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    Humour & Satire, Politics, Technology

    “March of Intellect” Cartoons (1828–29)

    Battles of the Sexes: Duels between Women and Men in 1400s *Fechtbücher*
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    Customs & Culture, Politics, War

    Battles of the Sexes: Duels between Women and Men in 1400s Fechtbücher

    *The Procession of the Months* (ca. 1889)
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    Customs & Culture, Victorian

    The Procession of the Months (ca. 1889)

    A Bestiary of Loss
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    Animals & Beasts, Death, Natural World

    A Bestiary of Loss

    Floating Phantoms: A. G. Mayer’s *Medusae of the World* (1910)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    Floating Phantoms: A. G. Mayer’s Medusae of the World (1910)

    Synaesthesia’s Colour Debut (1883)
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    Strange Phenomena, Science & Medicine

    Synaesthesia’s Colour Debut (1883)

    Etteilla’s *Livre de Thot* Tarot (ca. 1789)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    Etteilla’s Livre de Thot Tarot (ca. 1789)

    *Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other Neighbourhoods* (1860–1902)
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    Natural World

    Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other Neighbourhoods (1860–1902)

    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)
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    Customs & Culture, Novelty, Politics, Religion, Myth & Legend, Science & Medicine

    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)

    Alexander in the Bathysphere
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    Myth & Legend, Classical World, Technology

    Alexander in the Bathysphere

    Orra White Hitchcock’s Scientific Illustrations for the Classroom (1828–40)
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    Science & Medicine, Religion, Natural World

    Orra White Hitchcock’s Scientific Illustrations for the Classroom (1828–40)

    Unnatural Selection: Emil Schachtzabel’s Pigeon *Prachtwerk* (1906)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    Unnatural Selection: Emil Schachtzabel’s Pigeon Prachtwerk (1906)

    Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)
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    Customs & Culture, Sport

    Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)

    *Clavis Artis* by “Zoroaster”
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    Animals & Beasts, Ghosts & Occult, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Clavis Artis by “Zoroaster”

    Joseph Perry’s Medical Illustrations of Miscarriage (1834)
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    Science & Medicine

    Joseph Perry’s Medical Illustrations of Miscarriage (1834)

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