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    Nehemiah Grew’s *Anatomy of Plants* (1680)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine

    Nehemiah Grew’s Anatomy of Plants (1680)

    Rae Bourbon
    Audio

    Rae Bourbon

    A Burlesque Translation of Homer (1797)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    A Burlesque Translation of Homer (1797)

    Dazzle Ships
    Images / 
    Design & Typography, War

    Dazzle Ships

    Farmer plays a song with ‘hand-farts’ (1933)
    Film / 
    Music & Arts

    Farmer plays a song with ‘hand-farts’ (1933)

    Around the World on the Phonograph (1888)
    Audio / 
    Travel & Exploration

    Around the World on the Phonograph (1888)

    Geometrical psychology, or, The science of representation (1887)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography

    Geometrical psychology, or, The science of representation (1887)

    Aino Folktales (1888)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Stories

    Aino Folktales (1888)

    Welsh Fairytales and Other Stories (1894)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Stories

    Welsh Fairytales and Other Stories (1894)

    An Apparent Tour of the Titanic (1912)
    Film / 
    Colonialism & the 'Other'

    An Apparent Tour of the Titanic (1912)

    Musaeum Clausum (1684)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Music & Arts

    Musaeum Clausum (1684)

    The Beatus of Facundus (1047)
    Images / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Death

    The Beatus of Facundus (1047)

    Stack O’ Lee Blues - Ma Rainey (1926)
    Audio

    Stack O’ Lee Blues - Ma Rainey (1926)

    An Account of a Fire-Ball, Seen at Hornsey, by William Hirst (1753)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena

    An Account of a Fire-Ball, Seen at Hornsey, by William Hirst (1753)

    Some Account of a Sheep Having a Monstrous Horn Growing from His Throat (1755)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena

    Some Account of a Sheep Having a Monstrous Horn Growing from His Throat (1755)

    Poet and Peasant Overture played on the Banjo (1925)
    Audio

    Poet and Peasant Overture played on the Banjo (1925)

    Life and Passion of Christ (1903)
    Film / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Life and Passion of Christ (1903)

    A Theory of Pure Design: Harmony, Balance, Rhythm (1907)
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    Design & Typography, Music & Arts

    A Theory of Pure Design: Harmony, Balance, Rhythm (1907)

    Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)
    Film / 
    Sport & Exercise

    Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)

    Plates from Spiegel’s *De formato foetu liber singularis* (1626)
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    Science & Medicine

    Plates from Spiegel’s De formato foetu liber singularis (1626)

    An Alphabet of History (1905)
    Books / 
    People, Communication

    An Alphabet of History (1905)

    Alice in Wonderland (1915)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Alice in Wonderland (1915)

    35mm Stock Footage
    Film / 
    War, Technology

    35mm Stock Footage

    Illuminated pages from 15th century Breviaries
    Images

    Illuminated pages from 15th century Breviaries