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    The Art of Dreams
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    People, Religion, Myth & Legend, Strange Phenomena

    The Art of Dreams

    America, a Personification (ca. 1590)
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    People, Politics, Customs & Culture

    America, a Personification (ca. 1590)

    Flowers of the Sky
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    Astronomy & Space

    Flowers of the Sky

    Highlights from Folger Shakespeare Library’s Release of almost 80,000 Images
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    Music & Arts

    Highlights from Folger Shakespeare Library’s Release of almost 80,000 Images

    Flemish Mask Designs in the Grotesque Style (1555)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Flemish Mask Designs in the Grotesque Style (1555)

    Palacio’s Plan for Colossal Monument to Columbus (1890)
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    Architecture

    Palacio’s Plan for Colossal Monument to Columbus (1890)

    An Alphabet of Organic Type (ca. 1650)
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    Design & Typography

    An Alphabet of Organic Type (ca. 1650)

    Arent van Bolten’s Grotesques
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    Animals & Beasts

    Arent van Bolten’s Grotesques

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

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

    Fortunio Liceti’s Monsters (1665)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, People

    Fortunio Liceti’s Monsters (1665)

    Engravings from a French Ice-Skating Manual (1813)
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    People, Sport & Exercise, Fashion

    Engravings from a French Ice-Skating Manual (1813)

    The Belly of a Horse (1820)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    The Belly of a Horse (1820)

    Böckler’s Pleasure Garden Plans (1664)
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    Design & Typography, Architecture, Landscapes, Maps, Geometry & Diagrams

    Böckler’s Pleasure Garden Plans (1664)

    The Heart in Art
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    Maps

    The Heart in Art

    Illustrations from The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier (1678)
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    Animals & Beasts, People, Landscapes, Maps, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Illustrations from The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier (1678)

    Engravings from Oliver Goldsmith’s History of the Earth and Animated Nature (1825)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Engravings from Oliver Goldsmith’s History of the Earth and Animated Nature (1825)

    Plates from a History of the Carriby Islands (1666)
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    Animals & Beasts, Colonialism & the 'Other', Customs & Culture

    Plates from a History of the Carriby Islands (1666)

    Illustrations from Vincenzo Requeno's *Discovery of Chironomia* (1797)
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    Science & Medicine

    Illustrations from Vincenzo Requeno's Discovery of Chironomia (1797)

    J. J. Grandville’s Illustrations from *The Flowers Personified* (1847)
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    Fashion, Natural World

    J. J. Grandville’s Illustrations from The Flowers Personified (1847)

    17th-century Heraldry Designs (1695)
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    Design & Typography

    17th-century Heraldry Designs (1695)

    Hortus Malabaricus (1678-1693)
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    Science & Medicine

    Hortus Malabaricus (1678-1693)

    The Celestial Atlas of Flamsteed (1795)
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    Science & Medicine, Maps

    The Celestial Atlas of Flamsteed (1795)

    Angles of Reconnaissance: *Novum Instrumentum Geometricum* (1607)
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    Architecture, Landscapes, Maps, Geometry & Diagrams

    Angles of Reconnaissance: Novum Instrumentum Geometricum (1607)

    William Cheselden’s Osteographia (1733)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Death

    William Cheselden’s Osteographia (1733)