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

    Micromégas by Voltaire (1752)

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

    Texts in Mathias Enard’s Compass

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

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

    Images from the First Colour Publication on Fish (1754)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Images from the First Colour Publication on Fish (1754)

    A Journey Round my Room (1871 edition)
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    Travel & Exploration

    A Journey Round my Room (1871 edition)

    A Selection from The MET’s Public Domain Collection, Now Free from All Restrictions
    Images

    A Selection from The MET’s Public Domain Collection, Now Free from All Restrictions

    Airopaidia (1786) — the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion
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    Maps, Travel & Exploration, Technology

    Airopaidia (1786) — the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion

    Rainbows in Art
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    Science & Medicine, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Rainbows in Art

    The Human Alphabet
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    Design & Typography

    The Human Alphabet

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

    The Death and Burial of Cock Robin

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

    The Surreal Art of Alchemical Diagrams

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

    The Singerie: Monkeys acting as Humans in Art

    The Steps of Life
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    Death, Geometry & Diagrams

    The Steps of Life

    Emanuel Swedenborg’s Journal of Dreams and Spiritual Experiences in the Year 1744 (1918)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Love & Lust

    Emanuel Swedenborg’s Journal of Dreams and Spiritual Experiences in the Year 1744 (1918)

    Shakespeare in Art
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    Music & Arts

    Shakespeare in Art

    Chrysal; or, The Adventures of a Guinea (1760)
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    Humour & Satire

    Chrysal; or, The Adventures of a Guinea (1760)

    The Friendship Book of Anne Wagner (1795-1834)
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    People, Love & Lust

    The Friendship Book of Anne Wagner (1795-1834)

    NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res
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    Animals & Beasts, Technology

    NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res

    Colour Wheels, Charts, and Tables Through History
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    Science & Medicine, Music & Arts

    Colour Wheels, Charts, and Tables Through History

    The Key of Hell: an 18th-Century Manual on Black Magic
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    Ghosts & Occult

    The Key of Hell: an 18th-Century Manual on Black Magic

    Erotic Cameos from Antiquity (ca. 1771)
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    Love & Lust

    Erotic Cameos from Antiquity (ca. 1771)

    Illustrations from an Italian Book of Proverbs (1718)
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    Wisdom

    Illustrations from an Italian Book of Proverbs (1718)

    A Collection of Very Valuable and Scarce Pieces relating to the Last Plague in the Year 1665 (1721)
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    Science & Medicine, Death

    A Collection of Very Valuable and Scarce Pieces relating to the Last Plague in the Year 1665 (1721)

    Shells and other Marine Life from Albertus Seba’s Cabinet of Natural Curiosities (1734)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Shells and other Marine Life from Albertus Seba’s Cabinet of Natural Curiosities (1734)