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    The Reverse of a Framed Painting, and Other Trompe L’oeil by Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (ca. 1670)
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    Music & Arts

    The Reverse of a Framed Painting, and Other Trompe L’oeil by Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (ca. 1670)

    The Sorceress by Jan van de Velde II (1626)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    The Sorceress by Jan van de Velde II (1626)

    Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum (1652)
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    Ghosts & Occult, Religion, Myth & Legend, Science & Medicine

    Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum (1652)

    London's Dreadful Visitation: A Year of Weekly Death Statistics during the Great Plague (1665)
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    Death, Science & Medicine

    London's Dreadful Visitation: A Year of Weekly Death Statistics during the Great Plague (1665)

    Plague Doctor Costumes
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    Death, Science & Medicine

    Plague Doctor Costumes

    François de Nomé’s Imaginary Ruins
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    Architecture, Landscapes, Religion, Myth & Legend, Death

    François de Nomé’s Imaginary Ruins

    “Firelight Flickering on the Ceiling of the World”: The Aurora Borealis in Art
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    Natural World

    “Firelight Flickering on the Ceiling of the World”: The Aurora Borealis in Art

    John Reynolds’ Book of Murder Tales (1621–1635)
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    Death, Crime & Law

    John Reynolds’ Book of Murder Tales (1621–1635)

    Jan van Kessel’s Signature of Caterpillars and Snakes (1657)
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    Animals & Beasts, Communication

    Jan van Kessel’s Signature of Caterpillars and Snakes (1657)

    John Locke’s Method for Common-Place Books (1685)
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    Music & Arts

    John Locke’s Method for Common-Place Books (1685)

    The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Art (1460–1921)
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    Architecture

    The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Art (1460–1921)

    Giovanni Battista Bracelli’s *Bizzarie di Varie Figure* (1624)
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    Geometry & Diagrams

    Giovanni Battista Bracelli’s Bizzarie di Varie Figure (1624)

    Highlights from The Cleveland Museum of Art’s release of more than 30k images of public domain works
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    Music & Arts

    Highlights from The Cleveland Museum of Art’s release of more than 30k images of public domain works

    Robert Fludd’s Memory Tricks (1617)
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    Communication, Geometry & Diagrams

    Robert Fludd’s Memory Tricks (1617)

    John Milton’s Frontispiece Prank
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    Music & Arts, Humour & Satire

    John Milton’s Frontispiece Prank

    The Celestial Atlas of Andreas Cellarius (1660)
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    Maps, Geometry & Diagrams, Astronomy & Space

    The Celestial Atlas of Andreas Cellarius (1660)

    Allegorical Maps of Love, Courtship, and Matrimony
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    Love & Lust

    Allegorical Maps of Love, Courtship, and Matrimony

    Fore-Edge Book Paintings from the Boston Public Library
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    Landscapes, Music & Arts

    Fore-Edge Book Paintings from the Boston Public Library

    Maps Showing California as an Island
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    Maps, Travel & Exploration

    Maps Showing California as an Island

    The Egg Dance: From Peasant Village to Political Caricature
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    Customs & Culture

    The Egg Dance: From Peasant Village to Political Caricature

    The Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel (1565)
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    Humour & Satire

    The Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel (1565)

    First English Edition of Michel de Montaigne’s Essays (1603)
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    Wisdom

    First English Edition of Michel de Montaigne’s Essays (1603)

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

    Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote (1867)

    The Spinning Sow (1673)
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    Animals & Beasts

    The Spinning Sow (1673)