19th Century Discoveries & Inventions (1905)
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Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century, by Robert Routledge. London: George Routledge & Sons, 1905.
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Edward Lear’s Parrots (1832)
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Edward Lear (1812-1888). Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae, or parrots… drawn from life, and on stone. London: E. Lear, 1832.
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Lydekker’s Marsupials (1896)
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A hand-book to the marsupialia and monotremata, by Richard Lydekker. London: E. Lloyd, 1896.
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Harry Houdini
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Twenty-one photographs of the magician Harry Houdini and ephemera from his appearances, from the collection of the Library of Congress.
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Antiquities of Samarkand (1872)
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Watercolor illustrations from Turkestanskīi al’bom, chast’ arkheologicheskaia, 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 1, by Nikolai V. Bogaevskii (1843-1912) and Aleksandr L. Kun (1840-1888). Tashkent: 1872.
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The Firebird & Other Russian Folktales (1925)
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L’Oiseau de Feau et d’autres contes populaires russes, by Boris Zvorykin (1872-1942). Paris, 1925.
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Japanese Animals
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From pre-1915 woodblock prints in the collection of the Library of Congress.
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Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights (1490)
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Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516). The Garden of Earthly Delights. Oil on oak panel, 220 × 389 cm.; circa 1480-1490.
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The Alhambra (1842)
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Jules Goury (1803-1834), Owen Jones (1809-1874), and Pascual de Gayangos (1809-1897). Plans, elevations, sections, and details of the Alhambra, from drawings taken on the spot in 1834. Vol. II. London: Owen Jones, 1842.