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    “Dialogue Between Frederick Ruysch and His Mummies” by Giacomo Leopardi (1827)
    Books / 
    Death

    “Dialogue Between Frederick Ruysch and His Mummies” by Giacomo Leopardi (1827)

    Destination Earth (1956)
    Film / 
    Politics, Technology

    Destination Earth (1956)

    The Heart of Man; Either a Temple of God, or a Habitation of Satan; Represented in Ten Emblematical Figures (1851)
    Images / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Heart of Man; Either a Temple of God, or a Habitation of Satan; Represented in Ten Emblematical Figures (1851)

    The History of Ink: Including its Etymology, Chemistry, and Bibliography (1860)
    Books / 
    Music & Arts, Technology

    The History of Ink: Including its Etymology, Chemistry, and Bibliography (1860)

    Music in the Margins: The Funeral of Reynard the Fox (13th century)
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Music in the Margins: The Funeral of Reynard the Fox (13th century)

    Micromégas by Voltaire (1752)
    Books / 
    Wisdom, Astronomy & Space, The Future

    Micromégas by Voltaire (1752)

    The Concealed Erotic Paintings of Sommonte (19th Century)
    Images / 
    Love & Lust

    The Concealed Erotic Paintings of Sommonte (19th Century)

    The Hawaiian Quintette (1913)
    Audio

    The Hawaiian Quintette (1913)

    Alexander Graham Bell’s Tetrahedral Kites (1903–9)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Geometry & Diagrams

    Alexander Graham Bell’s Tetrahedral Kites (1903–9)

    Eighteen Hundred and Eleven (1812)
    Books / 
    Politics, War

    Eighteen Hundred and Eleven (1812)

    Geographical Fun: Being Humourous Outlines of Various Countries (1868)
    Images / 
    Maps

    Geographical Fun: Being Humourous Outlines of Various Countries (1868)

    The Flower of Battle: Italian Fighting Manual (ca. 1410)
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    War

    The Flower of Battle: Italian Fighting Manual (ca. 1410)

    Book of French Textile Samples (1863)
    Books / 
    Design & Typography

    Book of French Textile Samples (1863)

    Photographs of Sea Stars (1917)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Photographs of Sea Stars (1917)

    Public and Private Life of Animals (1877)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Politics, Humour & Satire

    Public and Private Life of Animals (1877)

    Growing Things: A Film Lesson in “Nature Study” (1928)
    Film / 
    Natural World

    Growing Things: A Film Lesson in “Nature Study” (1928)

    The War Art of Paul Nash (1917–1944)
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    War

    The War Art of Paul Nash (1917–1944)

    Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote (1867)
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    Music & Arts, Humour & Satire

    Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote (1867)

    The Maps of Matrakçı Nasuh, Ottoman Polymath
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    Maps

    The Maps of Matrakçı Nasuh, Ottoman Polymath

    The Burning Stable (1896)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts

    The Burning Stable (1896)

    Texts in Mathias Enard’s Compass
    Books / 
    People, Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the 'Other', Customs & Culture

    Texts in Mathias Enard’s Compass

    Arcimboldo-esque Composite Portraits of Trades (ca. 1800)
    Images / 
    People, Technology, Humour & Satire

    Arcimboldo-esque Composite Portraits of Trades (ca. 1800)

    The Spinning Sow (1673)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    The Spinning Sow (1673)

    Scenes from Rip Van Winkle (1903)
    Audio / 
    Music & Arts

    Scenes from Rip Van Winkle (1903)