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    16th-Century Ornament Prints
    Images / 
    Design & Typography, Architecture

    16th-Century Ornament Prints

    Hoefnagel’s Guide to Constructing the Letters (ca. 1595)
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    Design & Typography

    Hoefnagel’s Guide to Constructing the Letters (ca. 1595)

    An Alphabet of Organic Type (ca. 1650)
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    Design & Typography

    An Alphabet of Organic Type (ca. 1650)

    The Tibetan Book of Proportions
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    Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend, Geometry & Diagrams

    The Tibetan Book of Proportions

    The Funny Alphabet (ca.1850)
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    Design & Typography

    The Funny Alphabet (ca.1850)

    Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type and Borders (1874)
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    Design & Typography

    Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type and Borders (1874)

    Böckler’s Pleasure Garden Plans (1664)
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    Design & Typography, Architecture, Landscapes, Maps, Geometry & Diagrams

    Böckler’s Pleasure Garden Plans (1664)

    Through the Eye to the Heart: *Bible Symbols* (1908 edition)
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    Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Through the Eye to the Heart: Bible Symbols (1908 edition)

    A Pack of Cavalier Playing Cards (1886)
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    Design & Typography, Politics

    A Pack of Cavalier Playing Cards (1886)

    *On the Writing of the Insane* (1870)
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    Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend, Music & Arts

    On the Writing of the Insane (1870)

    Owen Jones’ *Examples of Chinese Ornament* (1867)
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    Design & Typography

    Owen Jones’ Examples of Chinese Ornament (1867)

    Manuscript Handbook of Firework Design (1785)
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    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography

    Manuscript Handbook of Firework Design (1785)

    *The Proper Art of Writing* (1655)
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    Design & Typography, Communication

    The Proper Art of Writing (1655)

    Illustrated initials from a German fairytale book (1919 edition)
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    Design & Typography

    Illustrated initials from a German fairytale book (1919 edition)

    17th-century Heraldry Designs (1695)
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    Design & Typography

    17th-century Heraldry Designs (1695)

    Rhyming Drugstore Advertisements (1885)
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    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography, Death, Humour & Satire

    Rhyming Drugstore Advertisements (1885)

    Catalogue of the 68 Competitive Designs for the Great Tower for London (1890)
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    Design & Typography, Architecture

    Catalogue of the 68 Competitive Designs for the Great Tower for London (1890)

    The First Six Books of The Elements of Euclid (1847)
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    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography

    The First Six Books of The Elements of Euclid (1847)

    Images from Japanese Design Magazine *Shin-Bijutsukai* (1902)
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    Design & Typography

    Images from Japanese Design Magazine Shin-Bijutsukai (1902)

    Dazzle Ships
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    Design & Typography, War

    Dazzle Ships

    Geometrical psychology, or, The science of representation (1887)
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    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography

    Geometrical psychology, or, The science of representation (1887)

    A Theory of Pure Design: Harmony, Balance, Rhythm (1907)
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    Design & Typography, Music & Arts

    A Theory of Pure Design: Harmony, Balance, Rhythm (1907)