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Cabinet - Sources

Beer glass
Invitation
Print: "Mother's Hens", the Grain Grower's Guide, April 28, 1915
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The first image of a Printing Shop
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What was printed in the 15th century?
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Drawing of the interior of a Finnish house
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19. Copper engraving
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Tomb of Darius at Naqsh-e Rustam
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Background: Botany in Ancient and Medieval Europe
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Draft of a letter from Edward Burnett Tylor to Archer Baker, 18 January 1901
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Printing and the economy: the first paper money
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Shrunken Glove (3D)
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Cinnamon, peppercorns, nutmeg and cloves
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V.1 ‘Humanism’: an educational curriculum
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Minerva on a triumphal chariot, Augsburg, ca 1620
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I.2. College foundations in Oxford and Cambridge, 1249-1878
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Giovanni Dondi's Astrarium, 1364
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T2: Silver tetradrachm in the name of Idrieus, satrap of Caria (351-344 BC).
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T3: Silver didrachm in the name of Pixodaros, satrap of Caria (340-335 BC).
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Thomas Hariot, A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia (Amsterdam, 1590)
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Zuccaro, Doorway to Palazzo Zuccari (1590)
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Drawing of a Saami cradle
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Browne's Collection: a 'Cabinet of Rarities'
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Drawing to printed image: Blephilia
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