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<n>Scabious family, capitulum</n>, a photograph by <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>.

A <n>fresco</n> fragment depicting the <n>Erythraean Sibyl</n>.

<n>New Jersey Beach</n> (1901) by painter <n>William Trost Richards</n>.

<n>Draco and Ursa Minor</n>, an 1825 chart from <n>Urania's Mirror</n>, engraved by <n>Sidney Hall</n>.

An 1870 engraving by <n>Henri Hildibrand</n> for <n>Jules Verne</n>'s novel <n>Around the Moon</n>.

An 1809 print by <n>Angelo Bertini</n> after <n>Antonio Canova</n>'s sculpture, <n>Santa Maria Maddalena penitente</n>.

Photogravure of a <n>Cynara cardunculus</n> by <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>, 1929.

<n>[Wild Fennel]</n>, 1841, by <n>William Henry Fox Talbot</n>.

A <n>grotesque</n> from a <n>Book of Hours</n>, made in the Netherlands ca. 1480.

Wallpaper sample from <n>Robert C. Kedzie</n>'s 1874 book <n>Shadows from the Walls of Death</n>.

<n>Tellus, or the Earth</n> from the <n>Astronomia Playing Cards</n> set (1829), drawn by <n>C. Hodges</n>.

A decorative panel design in watercolor by <n>P. Gélis-Didot</n>, published in 1897.

An ornamental print from 1556, designed by <n>Cornelis Floris II</n> and engraved by <n>Balthasar van den Bos</n>.

<n>Still Life with Lobster and Fruit</n> (ca. 1653) by Dutch artist <n>Abraham van Beyeren</n>.

<n>Hunting Trophies</n>, an albumen silver print from the 1860s by an unknown photographer.

Plate XXVI by <n>Thomas Wright</n> from his 1750 book <n>An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe</n>.

A <n>Dog playing bagpipes</n> from the margins of a <n>Book of Hours (Walters Ms. W.102)</n>. England, c. 1300.

<n>Letter 'C'</n>, a <n>Baroque</n> engraving designed by <n>Jan Chrystian Bierpfaff</n> and engraved by <n>Jeremiasz Falck</n> in 1656.

<n>Girl at the Fountain</n> (1852–54) by American artist <n>William Morris Hunt</n>.

<n>Cloud Study (Early Evening)</n>, an oil on paper painting by <n>Simon Denis</n>, circa 1786–1806.

The demon <n>Astaroth</n>, from the German grimoire <n>Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae</n>, c. 1775.

Anatomical plate from <n>Essai d'Anatomie</n> (1745) by French printmaker <n>Jacques-Fabien Gautier D'Agoty</n>.

A vintage scientific diagram of <n>Radium</n>, from a plate labeled TAB. XV.

<n>Le pied à travers la chaussure</n>, an 1896 X-ray photograph by <n>Dr. Henri van Heurck</n>.

<n>A Vase with Flowers</n> (1613) by Dutch artist <n>Jacob Vosmaer</n>.

<n>Sphacelaria cirrhosa</n> by <n>Anna Atkins</n>, from <n>Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions</n>.

Excised knee joint with a musket ball from the <n>Battle of Gettysburg</n>, 1863. Photographed in 1865.

Cover art for the album <n>Meditations</n> by musician <n>Ruven Nunez</n>.