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    Miniatures from a 12th-century Medical and Herbal Collection
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    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Miniatures from a 12th-century Medical and Herbal Collection

    The “Living Photographs” of Mole and Thomas
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    People, War, Geometry & Diagrams

    The “Living Photographs” of Mole and Thomas

    The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings (1882)
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    Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

    The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings (1882)

    Chirologia, or The Natural Language of the Hand (1644)
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    Communication, Emotion & Expression

    Chirologia, or The Natural Language of the Hand (1644)

    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

    Ernst Haeckel’s Bats (1904)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Ernst Haeckel’s Bats (1904)

    Painted Photograph of an Unknown Man (ca. 1855–70)
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    People

    Painted Photograph of an Unknown Man (ca. 1855–70)

    Pages From an Illustrated Catalogue of Period Ornaments (ca. 1919)
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    Design & Typography, Geometry & Diagrams

    Pages From an Illustrated Catalogue of Period Ornaments (ca. 1919)

    Illustrations from a Descriptive Iconography of Cacti (1841)
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    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Illustrations from a Descriptive Iconography of Cacti (1841)

    The Rowing-Bath (1916)
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    Technology

    The Rowing-Bath (1916)

    Phenakistoscopes (1833)
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    Technology

    Phenakistoscopes (1833)

    Contents of an Ostrich’s Stomach (ca. 1930)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Contents of an Ostrich’s Stomach (ca. 1930)

    Kobayashi Kiyochika’s Cartoons of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5)
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    War, Humour & Satire

    Kobayashi Kiyochika’s Cartoons of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5)

    Details from Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights (ca. 1500)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Details from Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights (ca. 1500)

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

    The Surreal Art of Alchemical Diagrams

    A Vision of Isolating Technology from 1906
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    Technology

    A Vision of Isolating Technology from 1906

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

    The Singerie: Monkeys acting as Humans in Art

    Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing

    Max Brückner’s Collection of Polyhedral Models (1900)
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    Geometry & Diagrams

    Max Brückner’s Collection of Polyhedral Models (1900)

    Album of Seaweed Pictures (1848)
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    Design & Typography, Natural World

    Album of Seaweed Pictures (1848)

    The Difficulty of Ruling over a Diverse Nation (1578)
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    Animals & Beasts, Politics

    The Difficulty of Ruling over a Diverse Nation (1578)

    The Steps of Life
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    Death, Geometry & Diagrams

    The Steps of Life

    The Legs of the Opera (ca. 1862)
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    Music & Arts

    The Legs of the Opera (ca. 1862)