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    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)

    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)

    Luigi Cornaro’s *Sure and Certain Methods of Attaining a Long and Healthful Life* (1722 edition)
    Books / 
    Food, Science & Medicine

    Luigi Cornaro’s Sure and Certain Methods of Attaining a Long and Healthful Life (1722 edition)

    *Antiquities of Mexico* (1831–48)
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    Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Antiquities of Mexico (1831–48)

    Love Spells and Deadly Shrieks: Illustrations of Mandrakes (ca. 650–1927)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Drugs, Natural World, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Love Spells and Deadly Shrieks: Illustrations of Mandrakes (ca. 650–1927)

    The Gilded Gallows of Georg Honauer (1597)
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    Death, Science & Medicine

    The Gilded Gallows of Georg Honauer (1597)

    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

    Grotesqueries at Gethsemane: Marcus Gheeraerts’ *Passio Verbigenae* (ca. 1580)
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    Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Grotesqueries at Gethsemane: Marcus Gheeraerts’ Passio Verbigenae (ca. 1580)

    *Flemish Proverbs* by Jan Wierix (ca. 1568)
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    Wisdom, Customs & Culture

    Flemish Proverbs by Jan Wierix (ca. 1568)

    The Age of Impoliteness: *Galateo: or, A Treatise on Politeness and Delicacy of Manners* (1774 edition)
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    Customs & Culture

    The Age of Impoliteness: Galateo: or, A Treatise on Politeness and Delicacy of Manners (1774 edition)

    Paper Gems: Early Modern Blackwork Prints
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    Design & Typography

    Paper Gems: Early Modern Blackwork Prints

    The World's First Costume Book: François Desprez's *Collection of Various Clothing Styles* (1562)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Fashion, Travel & Exploration

    The World's First Costume Book: François Desprez's Collection of Various Clothing Styles (1562)

    A Bestiary of Loss
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    Animals & Beasts, Death, Natural World

    A Bestiary of Loss

    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)
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    Customs & Culture, Politics, Science & Medicine

    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)

    Alexander in the Bathysphere
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    Technology, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Alexander in the Bathysphere

    *Ostentatio Genitalium* in Renaissance Art
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    Love & Lust, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Ostentatio Genitalium in Renaissance Art

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

    Philipp Hainhofer’s Große Stammbuch (1596–1633)

    Bruegel the Elder’s *Big Fish Eat Little Fish* (1556)
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    Animals & Beasts, Politics

    Bruegel the Elder’s Big Fish Eat Little Fish (1556)

    Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)
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    Customs & Culture, Sport & Exercise

    Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)

    700 Years of Dante’s *Divine Comedy* in Art
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    700 Years of Dante’s Divine Comedy in Art

    Solid Objects: 16th-Century Geometric and Perspective Drawings
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    Geometry & Diagrams, Design & Typography

    Solid Objects: 16th-Century Geometric and Perspective Drawings

    The Zodiac Man
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    Science & Medicine

    The Zodiac Man

    On *Sprezzatura*: Baldassare Castiglione’s *The Book of the Courtier* (1903 edition)
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    Customs & Culture

    On Sprezzatura: Baldassare Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier (1903 edition)

    Agostino Ramelli’s Theatre of Machines (1588)
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    Technology, Architecture

    Agostino Ramelli’s Theatre of Machines (1588)