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    The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Design & Typography, Natural World, Food

    The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596)

    Images from German “Caterpillar Calendar” (1837)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Images from German “Caterpillar Calendar” (1837)

    Jan van Kessel’s Signature of Caterpillars and Snakes (1657)
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    Animals & Beasts, Communication

    Jan van Kessel’s Signature of Caterpillars and Snakes (1657)

    Fabre’s Book of Insects (1921)
    Books / 
    Natural World

    Fabre’s Book of Insects (1921)

    Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Gold-Bug” (1843)
    Books / 
    Communication

    Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Gold-Bug” (1843)

    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)

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

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

    Maria Sibylla Merian’s *Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium* (1705)
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    Natural World, Travel & Exploration

    Maria Sibylla Merian’s Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705)

    A Bug’s Life: David and Marian Fairchild’s *Book of Monsters* (1914)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Science & Medicine

    A Bug’s Life: David and Marian Fairchild’s Book of Monsters (1914)

    Bedded Bugs and Stung Beetles: *The Cameraman’s Revenge* (1912)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts, Love & Lust, Technology

    Bedded Bugs and Stung Beetles: The Cameraman’s Revenge (1912)

    Charles Butler’s *The Feminine Monarchie, or the History of Bees* (1634 edition)
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    Animals & Beasts, Politics

    Charles Butler’s The Feminine Monarchie, or the History of Bees (1634 edition)

    Through the Magnifying Glass: *The Cheese Mites* (1903)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Through the Magnifying Glass: The Cheese Mites (1903)

    Pulex irritans: *The Attack of the Monster* (1885)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Pulex irritans: The Attack of the Monster (1885)