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Night birds. Atlas Novus Terrarum Orbis Imperia Regna et Status Exactis Fabulis Geographice Demonstrans. 1716. Illustrated title page detail.
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Demonic figures cavorting. Illustration from the article, “The grotesque.” Form, a quarterly of the arts. April 1916.
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A headless knight flees from pursuit of the winged dragon that holds his head in its mouth. Guess me.1879. Internet Archive
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“Skeleton of a child from birth (right) to one year (left).” Pedagogical anthropology. 1913.
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On a title page, two skeletons present the letter “B”, first letter of the book’s publisher. Detail. La grande danse macabre des hommes et des femmes. 1862.
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Bookplate by Alphonse Inoue. Could be seen as a warning of what you can expect if you don’t return the owner’s book.
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Front View. Blue Beryl. 1687-1703. One of a series of illustrations for a Tibetan medical book.
“While Western medicine counts only 206 bones in human adults, 360 distinct bones are precisely enumerated in the front and back views of the human skeleton. Bones and their articulations are important in Tibetan medicine not just for their role in structuring the body but also because they form part of the pathway through which life essence flows.”
American Museum of Natural History
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