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    Kevin Dann

    Kevin Dann’s books include Enchanted New York: A Journey Along Broadway Through Manhattan’s Magical Past (2020) and Expect Great Things: The Life and Search of Henry David Thoreau (2017). He leads extra-vagant bike tours in New York City. More at: www.drdann.com.

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    Distortions and Grimaces: Jean de Bosschère’s *Weird Islands* (1921)
    Books / 
    Stories, Travel & Exploration

    Distortions and Grimaces: Jean de Bosschère’s Weird Islands (1921)

    Charles H. Bennett’s *Shadows* (ca. 1856)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Humour & Satire

    Charles H. Bennett’s Shadows (ca. 1856)

    *Indian Sign Talk* (1893)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture, Communication

    Indian Sign Talk (1893)

    Jean Baptiste Vérany’s Chromolithographs of Cephalopods (1851)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Science & Medicine

    Jean Baptiste Vérany’s Chromolithographs of Cephalopods (1851)

    Manhattan’s Last Arcadia: Estate Plans from the Index of American Design (1936)
    Images / 
    Architecture, Landscapes

    Manhattan’s Last Arcadia: Estate Plans from the Index of American Design (1936)

    Martin Frobenius Ledermüller’s Microscopic Delights (1759–63)
    Images / 
    Natural World, Science & Medicine, Animals & Beasts

    Martin Frobenius Ledermüller’s Microscopic Delights (1759–63)

    *Atlas of the Munsell Color System* (1915)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine

    Atlas of the Munsell Color System (1915)

    Many-Colored Misdirection: *Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom* (1909)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Science & Medicine

    Many-Colored Misdirection: Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom (1909)

    *Frost Flowers on the Windows* (1899)
    Books / 
    Natural World, Strange Phenomena, Ghosts & Occult

    Frost Flowers on the Windows (1899)

    Art Brut: The Scare-Fox (1910)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Natural World

    Art Brut: The Scare-Fox (1910)

    Floating Phantoms: A. G. Mayer’s *Medusae of the World* (1910)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    Floating Phantoms: A. G. Mayer’s Medusae of the World (1910)

    Playing Indian: *Cummings’ Indian Congress at Coney Island* (1903)
    Audio / 
    Customs & Culture, People

    Playing Indian: Cummings’ Indian Congress at Coney Island (1903)

    Synaesthesia’s Colour Debut (1883)
    Images / 
    Strange Phenomena, Science & Medicine

    Synaesthesia’s Colour Debut (1883)

    Etteilla’s *Livre de Thot* Tarot (ca. 1789)
    Images / 
    Ghosts & Occult

    Etteilla’s Livre de Thot Tarot (ca. 1789)

    The Turns of the *Turnverein*: Heinrich Hamann’s Gymnastic Photographs (ca. 1902)
    Images / 
    Sport & Exercise, Politics

    The Turns of the Turnverein: Heinrich Hamann’s Gymnastic Photographs (ca. 1902)

    The Kumatologist: Vaughan Cornish’s Wave Studies (1910–14)
    Books / 
    Natural World, Science & Medicine

    The Kumatologist: Vaughan Cornish’s Wave Studies (1910–14)

    Howard Pyle's *The Mermaid* (1910)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Howard Pyle's The Mermaid (1910)

    Agnes Giberne’s *The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars* (1898)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

    Agnes Giberne’s The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars (1898)

    *Unai no tomo*: Catalogues of Japanese Toys (1891–1923)
    Images / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Unai no tomo: Catalogues of Japanese Toys (1891–1923)

    “A Sword was Seen in the Sky”: *A True and Wonderful Narrative* (1763)
    Books / 
    Strange Phenomena, Politics

    “A Sword was Seen in the Sky”: A True and Wonderful Narrative (1763)

    A Vanishing Nova: *Uranographia Britannica* (ca. 1749)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

    A Vanishing Nova: Uranographia Britannica (ca. 1749)

    Knowledge by the Pound: *The Renowned History of Giles Gingerbread* (1768)
    Books / 
    Communication

    Knowledge by the Pound: The Renowned History of Giles Gingerbread (1768)

    Philipp Hainhofer’s *Große Stammbuch* (1596–1633)
    Books / 
    People

    Philipp Hainhofer’s Große Stammbuch (1596–1633)

    A Hall of Mirrors: *Cabala, Spiegel Der Kunst Und Natur, In Alchymia* (1615)
    Images / 
    Ghosts & Occult, Religion, Myth & Legend

    A Hall of Mirrors: Cabala, Spiegel Der Kunst Und Natur, In Alchymia (1615)