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    Illustrations from a Descriptive Iconography of Cacti (1841)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Illustrations from a Descriptive Iconography of Cacti (1841)

    Blue-Sky Thinking: *The Influence of the Blue Ray of the Sunlight* (1877)
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    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography

    Blue-Sky Thinking: The Influence of the Blue Ray of the Sunlight (1877)

    The Rowing-Bath (1916)
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    Technology

    The Rowing-Bath (1916)

    Silent Night (1912)
    Audio

    Silent Night (1912)

    Barnard’s Universal Criminal Cipher Code (1895)
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    Communication, Crime & Law

    Barnard’s Universal Criminal Cipher Code (1895)

    Phenakistoscopes (1833)
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    Technology

    Phenakistoscopes (1833)

    The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich (1909)
    Books / 
    Food

    The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich (1909)

    Contents of an Ostrich’s Stomach (ca. 1930)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Contents of an Ostrich’s Stomach (ca. 1930)

    Kobayashi Kiyochika’s Cartoons of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5)
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    War, Humour & Satire

    Kobayashi Kiyochika’s Cartoons of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5)

    The Death and Burial of Cock Robin
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Death

    The Death and Burial of Cock Robin

    The Over-Incubated Baby (1901)
    Film / 
    Technology

    The Over-Incubated Baby (1901)

    Details from Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights (ca. 1500)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Details from Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights (ca. 1500)

    With Lord Byron at the Sandwich Islands in 1825
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    Travel & Exploration

    With Lord Byron at the Sandwich Islands in 1825

    The Surreal Art of Alchemical Diagrams
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    Science & Medicine, Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    The Surreal Art of Alchemical Diagrams

    A Vision of Isolating Technology from 1906
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    Technology

    A Vision of Isolating Technology from 1906

    A Traveler from Altruria (1894)
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    Customs & Culture

    A Traveler from Altruria (1894)

    The Singerie: Monkeys acting as Humans in Art
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    Animals & Beasts

    The Singerie: Monkeys acting as Humans in Art

    To New Horizons (1940)
    Film / 
    Technology, The Future

    To New Horizons (1940)

    My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum (1879)
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    Customs & Culture

    My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum (1879)

    Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing

    Guess Me (1879)
    Books / 
    Communication

    Guess Me (1879)

    Max Brückner’s Collection of Polyhedral Models (1900)
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    Geometry & Diagrams

    Max Brückner’s Collection of Polyhedral Models (1900)

    Album of Seaweed Pictures (1848)
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    Design & Typography, Natural World

    Album of Seaweed Pictures (1848)

    The Difficulty of Ruling over a Diverse Nation (1578)
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    Animals & Beasts, Politics

    The Difficulty of Ruling over a Diverse Nation (1578)