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    “The Form of a Demon and the Heart of a Person”: Kitagawa Utamaro’s Prints of Yamauba and Kintarō (ca. 1800)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    “The Form of a Demon and the Heart of a Person”: Kitagawa Utamaro’s Prints of Yamauba and Kintarō (ca. 1800)

    Through a Glass Lushly: Michalina Janoszanka’s Reverse Paintings (ca. 1920s)
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    Animals & Beasts, Music & Arts, Natural World

    Through a Glass Lushly: Michalina Janoszanka’s Reverse Paintings (ca. 1920s)

    *The Mermaid “at Home!”* (1809)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    The Mermaid “at Home!” (1809)

    Master of Claude de France’s Book of Flower Studies (ca. 1510–1515)
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    Natural World

    Master of Claude de France’s Book of Flower Studies (ca. 1510–1515)

    José Guadalupe Posada’s Engravings of Unusual Births (ca. 1880–1910)
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    Animals & Beasts, Strange Phenomena, Science & Medicine

    José Guadalupe Posada’s Engravings of Unusual Births (ca. 1880–1910)

    Gustatory Wisdom: Bruegel the Elder’s *Twelve Proverbs* (1558)
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    Wisdom, Customs & Culture

    Gustatory Wisdom: Bruegel the Elder’s Twelve Proverbs (1558)

    What Is It Like to Be a Bass? Fish-Eye View Photography (1919–22)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Sport & Exercise

    What Is It Like to Be a Bass? Fish-Eye View Photography (1919–22)

    Pied Beauty: Wari Tie-Dye Textiles (ca. 425–1100)
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    Customs & Culture, Design & Typography, Fashion

    Pied Beauty: Wari Tie-Dye Textiles (ca. 425–1100)

    George Baxter’s Print of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs (ca. 1854)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    George Baxter’s Print of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs (ca. 1854)

    A Wetted Beak: Engravings from Pauline Knip’s *Les Pigeons* (1811)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    A Wetted Beak: Engravings from Pauline Knip’s Les Pigeons (1811)

    Piled High: 17th-Century Dutch Banquet Scenes
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Food

    Piled High: 17th-Century Dutch Banquet Scenes

    Alfred G. Mayer’s *On the Color and Color-Patterns of Moths and Butterflies* (1897)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Alfred G. Mayer’s On the Color and Color-Patterns of Moths and Butterflies (1897)

    “How He Came to Life One Day”: Photographs of Snowmen (1854–1950)
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    Customs & Culture

    “How He Came to Life One Day”: Photographs of Snowmen (1854–1950)

    Fantastic Planet: The Microscopy Album of Marinus Pieter Filbri (1887–88)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Fantastic Planet: The Microscopy Album of Marinus Pieter Filbri (1887–88)

    Diagramming Dante: Michelangelo Caetani’s Maps of the *Divina Commedia* (1855/1872)
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    Music & Arts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Diagramming Dante: Michelangelo Caetani’s Maps of the Divina Commedia (1855/1872)

    Christoph Jamnitzer’s *Neuw Grotteßken Buch* (1610)
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    Design & Typography

    Christoph Jamnitzer’s Neuw Grotteßken Buch (1610)

    “Light from the Darkness”: Paul Nash’s *Genesis* (1924)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Music & Arts

    “Light from the Darkness”: Paul Nash’s Genesis (1924)

    Anton Seder’s *The Animal in Decorative Art* (1896)
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    Animals & Beasts, Design & Typography

    Anton Seder’s The Animal in Decorative Art (1896)

    Etching of a Sámi Drum from the Dutch Edition of Johannes Schefferus’ *Lapponia* (1682)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Etching of a Sámi Drum from the Dutch Edition of Johannes Schefferus’ Lapponia (1682)

    Vanity of Vanities: *Fool’s Cap Map of the World* (ca. 1585)
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    Maps, Humour & Satire

    Vanity of Vanities: Fool’s Cap Map of the World (ca. 1585)

    Yellow Silence: Miniature from the Silos Apocalypse (ca. 1100)
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    Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Yellow Silence: Miniature from the Silos Apocalypse (ca. 1100)

    A Very Tall Tale: Photograph of the Cardiff Giant (ca. 1869)
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    Animals & Beasts, Strange Phenomena

    A Very Tall Tale: Photograph of the Cardiff Giant (ca. 1869)

    Theodor de Bry’s Engravings for Thomas Harriot’s *Briefe and True Report* (1590)
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    Customs & Culture, Colonialism & the 'Other', Travel & Exploration

    Theodor de Bry’s Engravings for Thomas Harriot’s Briefe and True Report (1590)

    Among the Moss Piglets: The First Image of a Tardigrade (1773)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Among the Moss Piglets: The First Image of a Tardigrade (1773)