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    Hunter Dukes

    Hunter Dukes is managing editor of The Public Domain Review and Cabinet.

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    Signs and Wonders: Celestial Phenomena in 16th-Century Germany
    Images / 
    Strange Phenomena, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Signs and Wonders: Celestial Phenomena in 16th-Century Germany

    Edith Wharton’s *Italian Villas and their Gardens* (1904)
    Books / 
    Landscapes, Design & Typography

    Edith Wharton’s Italian Villas and their Gardens (1904)

    Grotesqueries at Gethsemane: Marcus Gheeraerts’ *Passio Verbigenae* (ca. 1580)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Grotesqueries at Gethsemane: Marcus Gheeraerts’ Passio Verbigenae (ca. 1580)

    A Family Tree: Hippolyte Hodeau’s Trench Art (ca. 1917)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography, Natural World, The Arts, War

    A Family Tree: Hippolyte Hodeau’s Trench Art (ca. 1917)

    Tom Seidmann-Freud’s *Book of Hare Stories* (1924)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Stories, Wisdom

    Tom Seidmann-Freud’s Book of Hare Stories (1924)

    The Art of Sutherland Macdonald, Victorian England’s “Michelangelo of Tattooing” (ca. 1905)
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture, Design & Typography, Victorian

    The Art of Sutherland Macdonald, Victorian England’s “Michelangelo of Tattooing” (ca. 1905)

    I Also Am Formed Out of the Clay: *Animated Putty* (1911)
    Film / 
    Novelty

    I Also Am Formed Out of the Clay: Animated Putty (1911)

    The Age of Impoliteness: *Galateo: or, A Treatise on Politeness and Delicacy of Manners* (1774 edition)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture

    The Age of Impoliteness: Galateo: or, A Treatise on Politeness and Delicacy of Manners (1774 edition)

    Unwashed Furry Masses: Wanda Gág’s *Millions of Cats* (1928)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Unwashed Furry Masses: Wanda Gág’s Millions of Cats (1928)

    Never-again Land: J. M. Barrie's *My Lady Nicotine* (1896)
    Books / 
    Drugs, Humour & Satire

    Never-again Land: J. M. Barrie's My Lady Nicotine (1896)

    As Loud as a Mouse: Mickey’s Sonic Debut in *Steamboat Willie* (1928)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts, Humour & Satire

    As Loud as a Mouse: Mickey’s Sonic Debut in Steamboat Willie (1928)

    The Afterimage of Death: *Dr. Berkeley's Discovery* (1889)
    Books / 
    Crime, Death, Science & Medicine

    The Afterimage of Death: Dr. Berkeley's Discovery (1889)

    The World's First Costume Book: François Desprez's *Collection of Various Clothing Styles* (1562)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Fashion, Travel & Exploration

    The World's First Costume Book: François Desprez's Collection of Various Clothing Styles (1562)

    Wreathed in Pastiche: Max Beerbohm’s *Christmas Garland* (1912)
    Books / 
    Humour & Satire

    Wreathed in Pastiche: Max Beerbohm’s Christmas Garland (1912)

    Season’s Bleatings: Finnish Photographs of the Nuuttipukki (1928)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture

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

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

    Chromolithographs of Paper Lanterns (ca. 1880)

    Humanity 101: The Syllabus of Frankenstein's Monster
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture

    Humanity 101: The Syllabus of Frankenstein's Monster

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

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

    A Melting Cauldron: *The Book of Hallowe’en* (1919)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture, Death, Religion, Myth & Legend

    A Melting Cauldron: The Book of Hallowe’en (1919)

    *Pantographia*: A Specimen Book of All the Alphabets Known on Earth (1799)
    Books / 
    Language

    Pantographia: A Specimen Book of All the Alphabets Known on Earth (1799)

    *A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words* (1860)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture, Language, Victorian

    A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words (1860)

    “Those Disturbers of my Rest”: The First Treatise on Bedbugs (1730)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture

    “Those Disturbers of my Rest”: The First Treatise on Bedbugs (1730)

    *Specimens of Fancy Turning* (1869)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography

    Specimens of Fancy Turning (1869)

    *The Comic Natural History of the Human Race* (1851)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Humour & Satire

    The Comic Natural History of the Human Race (1851)