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    Visualizing Migraines: The Attempts of Hubert Airy and Others to Depict Scintillating Scotomata
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    Science & Medicine

    Visualizing Migraines: The Attempts of Hubert Airy and Others to Depict Scintillating Scotomata

    A Remembrance of Aerial Forms: Odilon Redon’s *À Edgar Poe* (1882)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    A Remembrance of Aerial Forms: Odilon Redon’s À Edgar Poe (1882)

    On *Sprezzatura*: Baldassare Castiglione’s *The Book of the Courtier* (1903 edition)
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    Customs & Culture

    On Sprezzatura: Baldassare Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier (1903 edition)

    Visualizing History: The Polish System
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    Maps

    Visualizing History: The Polish System

    William Blake’s *The Gates of Paradise* (1787-93)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    William Blake’s The Gates of Paradise (1787-93)

    The Future Imagined in Albert Robida’s *La vie électrique* (1890)
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    Technology, The Future

    The Future Imagined in Albert Robida’s La vie électrique (1890)

    Images of Hatha Yoga from the Joga Pradīpikā (19th century)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Sport & Exercise

    Images of Hatha Yoga from the Joga Pradīpikā (19th century)

    Agostino Ramelli’s Theatre of Machines (1588)
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    Technology, Architecture

    Agostino Ramelli’s Theatre of Machines (1588)

    English Translation of Finland’s Epic Poem, The Kalevala (1898)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    English Translation of Finland’s Epic Poem, The Kalevala (1898)

    The Universe as Pictured in Milton’s Paradise Lost (1915)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Maps

    The Universe as Pictured in Milton’s Paradise Lost (1915)

    A Book of Stone: Adam Wirsing’s Marmora (1776)
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    Natural World

    A Book of Stone: Adam Wirsing’s Marmora (1776)

    The Story of Napoleon’s Death Mask (1915)
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    Death

    The Story of Napoleon’s Death Mask (1915)

    Filippo Morghen’s Fantastical Visions of Lunar Life (1776)
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    Astronomy & Space

    Filippo Morghen’s Fantastical Visions of Lunar Life (1776)

    French Silk Sample Book (ca. 1900)
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    Fashion, Design & Typography

    French Silk Sample Book (ca. 1900)

    Baron Munchausen’s Dream (1911)
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    Drugs

    Baron Munchausen’s Dream (1911)

    Serviette Sculptures: Mattia Giegher’s Treatise on Napkin Folding (1629)
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    Design & Typography, Food

    Serviette Sculptures: Mattia Giegher’s Treatise on Napkin Folding (1629)

    Early Illustrations of the Nervous System by Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal
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    Science & Medicine

    Early Illustrations of the Nervous System by Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal

    The Music of the Waters: A Collection of Sea Shanties (1888)
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    Work

    The Music of the Waters: A Collection of Sea Shanties (1888)

    Samuel G. Szabó’s Rogues, A Study of Characters (1857)
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    Crime & Law

    Samuel G. Szabó’s Rogues, A Study of Characters (1857)

    Twenty-eight Years of Co-partnership at Guise (1908)
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    Politics, Work

    Twenty-eight Years of Co-partnership at Guise (1908)

    William Hogarth’s Satire on False Perspective (1754)
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    Geometry & Diagrams, Music & Arts, Architecture

    William Hogarth’s Satire on False Perspective (1754)

    Don Quixote in the 20th Century (ca. 1905)
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    Humour & Satire, Music & Arts

    Don Quixote in the 20th Century (ca. 1905)

    Ikom Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria (1913)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Stories

    Ikom Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria (1913)

    En Pleine Mer: The Underwater Landscapes of Eugen von Ransonnet-Villez
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    Natural World

    En Pleine Mer: The Underwater Landscapes of Eugen von Ransonnet-Villez