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Theodor de Bry, Oppidum Secota (c. 1590)
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A satchel for a scholar
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A view from Tibet
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Camera obscura
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Ecclesiastical territories: the bishop of Würzburg as a reforming prince, 1573-1617
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What was printed in the 15th century?
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Gallery of Maps, Vatican Palace, 1580-83
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Anatomy theatre as museum
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Johann König, Last Judgement on alabaster, before 1632
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Pitt Rivers Museum ‘wrapped’
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Early Fellows of the Royal Society
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William Burge and the abolition debate
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Tomb of Darius at Naqsh-e Rustam
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Wellcome MS 49, folios 35v-37v
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Print: "Mother's Hens", the Grain Growers' Guide, April 7, 1915
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Spearhead from Deve Hüyük
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Great azimuth semicircle
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Astronomical Clock of Su Song (1020-1101)
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Nabonidus Chronicle (BM)
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The 1514 Appendix Aldina
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Mosaic philosophy
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Brahe's description of Uraniborg, ff. 42v - 43r
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 114)
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2. Magnetic Compass
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