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    Tractatus de Herbis (ca.1440)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Tractatus de Herbis (ca.1440)

    Shtetl, My Destroyed Home: A Remembrance (1922)
    Images / 
    People, Politics

    Shtetl, My Destroyed Home: A Remembrance (1922)

    Arthur Coga’s Blood Transfusion (1667)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine

    Arthur Coga’s Blood Transfusion (1667)

    Mister Fox (1870)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Mister Fox (1870)

    Mary and Gretel (1917)
    Film / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Mary and Gretel (1917)

    Sartorial Foresight: *Future Dictates of Fashion* (1893)
    Books / 
    Fashion, The Future

    Sartorial Foresight: Future Dictates of Fashion (1893)

    Highlights from the 20,000+ maps made freely available online by New York Public Library
    Images / 
    Maps

    Highlights from the 20,000+ maps made freely available online by New York Public Library

    Recordings of Pygmy Music from the 1946 Ogooué-Congo Mission
    Audio / 
    Colonialism & the 'Other', Customs & Culture

    Recordings of Pygmy Music from the 1946 Ogooué-Congo Mission

    The Nitrous Oxide Experiments of Humphry Davy
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine

    The Nitrous Oxide Experiments of Humphry Davy

    The 25 Stages from Courtship to Marriage
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    Love & Lust

    The 25 Stages from Courtship to Marriage

    The Home Movies of Frank Richard Oastler
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts, Landscapes, Natural World

    The Home Movies of Frank Richard Oastler

    Women Painters of the World: from the time of Caterina Vigri to Rosa Bonheur (1905)
    Books / 
    Music & Arts

    Women Painters of the World: from the time of Caterina Vigri to Rosa Bonheur (1905)

    The Tibetan Book of Proportions
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    Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend, Geometry & Diagrams

    The Tibetan Book of Proportions

    The Hermit; or, The Unparalleled Sufferings, and Surprising Adventures, of Philip Quarll (1814)
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration

    The Hermit; or, The Unparalleled Sufferings, and Surprising Adventures, of Philip Quarll (1814)

    Portraits of Patients from Surrey County Asylum (ca.1855)
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    Science & Medicine, People, Emotion & Expression

    Portraits of Patients from Surrey County Asylum (ca.1855)

    The Bouncer at the Blazing Rag (1902)
    Audio / 
    Humour & Satire

    The Bouncer at the Blazing Rag (1902)

    The Little Book of Love
    Images / 
    Wisdom, Love & Lust

    The Little Book of Love

    George Wither’s Emblem Book (1635)
    Books / 
    Wisdom

    George Wither’s Emblem Book (1635)

    Arent van Bolten’s Grotesques
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    Animals & Beasts

    Arent van Bolten’s Grotesques

    A Relation of an Extraordinary Sleepy Person (ca.1698)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena

    A Relation of an Extraordinary Sleepy Person (ca.1698)

    The Flying Lighthouse of Barfleur
    Animated GIF

    The Flying Lighthouse of Barfleur

    Anthropomorphic Maps of Europe at War (1870/1914)
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    Politics, Maps, War

    Anthropomorphic Maps of Europe at War (1870/1914)

    The Funny Alphabet (ca.1850)
    Books / 
    Design & Typography

    The Funny Alphabet (ca.1850)

    Selection from Wellcome Library’s release of 100k openly licensed images
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine

    Selection from Wellcome Library’s release of 100k openly licensed images