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    Kitab al-Bulhan or Book of Wonders (late 14th C.)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Customs & Culture

    Kitab al-Bulhan or Book of Wonders (late 14th C.)

    Transit of Venus (1882)
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    Science & Medicine

    Transit of Venus (1882)

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

    The Celestial Atlas of Flamsteed (1795)

    The Hyginus Star Atlas (1482)
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    Maps

    The Hyginus Star Atlas (1482)

    Flowers of the Sky
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    Astronomy & Space

    Flowers of the Sky

    Speculations of the Changes, Likely to be Discovered in the Earth and Moon, by Their Respective Inhabitants (ca. 1666)
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    Astronomy & Space

    Speculations of the Changes, Likely to be Discovered in the Earth and Moon, by Their Respective Inhabitants (ca. 1666)

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

    The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings (1882)

    Aratea: Making Pictures with Words in the 9th Century
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend, Astronomy & Space

    Aratea: Making Pictures with Words in the 9th Century

    The Sky: A Film Lesson in “Nature Study” (1928)
    Film / 
    Astronomy & Space

    The Sky: A Film Lesson in “Nature Study” (1928)

    Cosmography Manuscript (12th Century)
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    Geometry & Diagrams

    Cosmography Manuscript (12th Century)

    Urania’s Mirror; or, a View of the Heavens (circa 1825)
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    Astronomy & Space

    Urania’s Mirror; or, a View of the Heavens (circa 1825)

    The Comet Book (1587)
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    Strange Phenomena, Astronomy & Space

    The Comet Book (1587)

    Thomas Wright’s An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe (1750)
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    Astronomy & Space

    Thomas Wright’s An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe (1750)

    Astronomia Playing Cards (1829)
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    Astronomy & Space

    Astronomia Playing Cards (1829)

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

    A Vanishing Nova: Uranographia Britannica (ca. 1749)

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

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

    Levi Walter Yaggy’s Geographical Maps and Charts (1887/93)
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    Animals & Beasts, Landscapes, Maps, Natural World, Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

    Levi Walter Yaggy’s Geographical Maps and Charts (1887/93)

    Behold the Nebulous Smear: ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Sūfī’s *Illustrated Book of Fixed Stars* (ca. 1430)
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    Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

    Behold the Nebulous Smear: ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Sūfī’s Illustrated Book of Fixed Stars (ca. 1430)

    Signs and Wonders: Celestial Phenomena in 16th-Century Germany
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    Strange Phenomena, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Signs and Wonders: Celestial Phenomena in 16th-Century Germany

    The Celestial Atlas of Andreas Cellarius (1660)
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    Maps, Geometry & Diagrams, Astronomy & Space

    The Celestial Atlas of Andreas Cellarius (1660)

    Essays
    A Mongolian Manual of Astrology and Divination

    A Mongolian Manual of Astrology and Divination

    By Michael J. North

    US NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE - Michael J. North, Head of Rare Books and Early Manuscripts, takes a look at one the highlights of the Library's Turning the Pages project, a Mongolian manuscript concerned with interpreting the heavens. more

    3 Feb 2015
    Marxist Astronomy: The Milky Way According to Anton Pannekoek

    Marxist Astronomy: The Milky Way According to Anton Pannekoek

    By Lauren Collee

    Can a person’s experiences on earth alter how they perceive the stars? Lauren Collee peers through the telescope of Anton Pannekoek, the Dutch astronomer whose politics informed his human approach to studying the cosmos. more

    27 Oct 2021