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An 1856 illustration from <n>Richard Adams Locke</n>'s "The Moon Hoax," as seen by <n>Lord Rosse</n>'s telescope.

A 1851 chromolithograph of a <n>Histioteuthis bonelliana</n> by artist <n>Jean Baptiste Vérany</n>.

Plate XI from <n>Nonsense, or, Hits and Criticisms on the Follies of the Day</n> by <n>J. H. Brown</n>, 1863.

Engraving of <n>Chladni Figures</n> (1787) by physicist <n>Ernst Chladni</n>, engraved by <n>Capieux</n>.

A diagram from <n>James Sowerby</n>'s 1809 book, <n>A New Elucidation of Colours</n>.

A c. 1908 reproduction by <n>Calcutta Art Studio</n> of <n>Kali</n> standing on <n>Shiva</n>, from the <n>Eranos Archive</n>.

Cover of <n>Moses Wolcott Redding</n>'s 1889 book, used as the prop for <n>Spellman's Syllabary</n> in Harry Potter.

From <n>Louis Renard</n>'s *<n>Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes</n>* (1719), based on drawings by <n>Samuel Fallours</n>.

<n>Punctaria latifolia</n>, a <n>cyanotype</n> by <n>Anna Atkins</n>, 1846-1847.

An 1899 illustration of <n>Vasilisa the Beautiful</n> at the hut of Baba Yaga by artist <n>Ivan Bilibin</n>.

A 1906 lithograph by <n>Anton Schöner</n> from <n>Emil Schachtzabel</n>'s book, <n>Illustriertes Prachtwerk sämtlicher Taubenrassen</n>.

<n>Northern Lights in Zenith</n> (1900) by Danish painter <n>Harald Moltke</n>.

An albumen silver print from <n>Specimens of Fancy Turning</n> (1869), a book by artist <n>Edward J. Woolsey</n>.

An illustration by <n>Joseph Martin Kronheim</n> from the children's book <n>Mister Fox</n>, published in 1870.

Illustration from <n>Bernard de Fontenelle</n>'s 1686 book, <n>Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes</n>.

<n>Lotus Flowers</n> (1896), a hand-colored photograph by <n>Ogawa Kazumasa</n>.

<n>Voice Figure</n> by <n>Margaret Watts Hughes</n>, an image created by singing into her invention, the <n>Eidophone</n>.

An albumen silver print from <n>Specimens of Fancy Turning</n> (1869), attributed to <n>Edward J. Woolsey</n>.

<n>Sargassum plumosum</n>, a cyanotype by botanist <n>Anna Atkins</n> from her 1843 book of British algae.

A 1843 cyanotype of Asperococcus pusillus by botanist <n>Anna Atkins</n>. Image from <n>The New York Public Library</n>.

An albumen silver print from <n>Specimens of Fancy Turning</n> (1869) by <n>Edward J. Woolsey</n>.

An albumen silver print from the book <n>Specimens of Fancy Turning</n> (1869) by <n>Edward J. Woolsey</n>.

An illustration of a <n>Bonnacon</n> from a bestiary, c. 1250.

Photo of <n>Isis</n> on a sarcophagus lid, ca. 1400 BCE. From the <n>Eranos Archive</n> by <n>Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn</n>.