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A model of a giant octopus in the workshop of the Yale museum from Science new ser.:v.1 (1883).

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Cut and polished fluorite, blistered copper, and agate from James Sowerby's British Minerology v.5 (1817). Full text here.

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Attributed to Wacochachi (Native American)  Drawing of Artist’s World, ca. 1830

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Stephen Shore, Ginger Shore, West Palm Beach, Florida, 14 November 1977.

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Arthur Krüger

The Vampire, 1890-1920

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Raghib Al-Isfehani ( Abul-Qasim al-Hussein bin Mufaddal bin Muhammad)

from ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharāʼib al-mawjūdāt (The wonders of creation, or literally, Marvels of things created and miraculous aspects of things existing) by Zakriya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (circa 1203-83) is among the best known texts of the Islamic world. It is often referred to as “The Cosmography.“ 

The work begins with an introduction, and is followed by two sections, the first on supra-terrestrial, the second on terrestrial creatures. Al-Qazwini concludes his work with a section on monsters and angels. The genre of Aja'ib al-makhluqat (The wonders of creation), of which al-Qazwini’s work is the most famous example, includes texts in Arabic and Persian that describe the marvels of the heavens and the earth. Numerous manuscripts of al-Qazwini’s work have survived, as have several Persian and Turkish translations of illustrations.

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Sigmar Polke

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Léonard Misonne (1870-1943) Photographs

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Ernest Cole

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Brassaï

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Georgian Eye Jewellery; 1790-1820

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A variety of talons from August Holmgren's Skandinaviens foglar (1866-1871). Full text here.

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Charts depicting various kinds of maritime signal flags, with sketches of men demonstrating how the different types of signals are to be used, likely drawn by a person in the 19th century. From the Dibner Manuscript collection.

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T. Takagi (Photographic studio) Japan. Azalea [1920-1940] Forms part of the Jay V. Hare Lantern Slide Collection (2021.01) [1 slide : lantern, 3.25 x 4 in.]

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Hisao Karada, ‘Karada no hataraki [The Workings of the Human Body]’, 1925