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    Karl Blossfeldt’s Urformen der Kunst (1928)
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    Natural World

    Karl Blossfeldt’s Urformen der Kunst (1928)

    John Locke’s Method for Common-Place Books (1685)
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    The Arts

    John Locke’s Method for Common-Place Books (1685)

    The Joys of Young Werther (1775)
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    Humour & Satire, Emotion and Expression

    The Joys of Young Werther (1775)

    August Strindberg’s Celestographs (1893–4)
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    Space

    August Strindberg’s Celestographs (1893–4)

    Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours (1814)
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    Science & Medicine, The Arts, Natural World

    Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours (1814)

    Women at Work during World War I
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    Work

    Women at Work during World War I

    The Fourth Dimension and the Bible (1922)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Geometry & Diagrams

    The Fourth Dimension and the Bible (1922)

    Hans Prinzhorn’s Artistry of the Mentally Ill (1922)
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    The 'Other', The Arts

    Hans Prinzhorn’s Artistry of the Mentally Ill (1922)

    Medieval Pattern Poems of Rabanus Maurus (9th Century)
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    Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend, Language

    Medieval Pattern Poems of Rabanus Maurus (9th Century)

    Mazes and Labyrinths (1922)
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    Landscapes, Religion, Myth & Legend, Customs & Culture, Geometry & Diagrams

    Mazes and Labyrinths (1922)

    Alice’s Adventures in Shorthand (1919)
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    Language

    Alice’s Adventures in Shorthand (1919)

    The Library of the Future: A Vision of 1983 from 1883
    Books / 
    The Future

    The Library of the Future: A Vision of 1983 from 1883

    The Tomb and the Telephone Box: Soane’s Mausoleum (1816)
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    Design & Typography, Architecture

    The Tomb and the Telephone Box: Soane’s Mausoleum (1816)