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Illustration by Henrique Alvim Corrêa, from La guerre des mondes (1906). Source: Duke University Libraries

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Untitled Image by Henrique Alvim Corrêa from La guerre des mondes (1906)

#destruction #warfare #cannons #aliens #machines #war #art #publicdomain

Example of Fingerprints Taken in India (1893), from Decipherment of Blurred Finger Prints . Source: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine / Internet Archive

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‘Example of Fingerprints Taken in India’ from Decipherment of Blurred Finger Prints (1893)

Example of the prints taken in India, overlaid by Galton’s interpretation of their main structure, featured in his <em>Decipherment of Blurred Fi...

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Illustration by Anton Seder, from Das Thier in der Dekorativen Kunst (1896). Source: The Getty / Internet Archive Available to buy as a print.

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Untitled Image by Anton Seder from Das Thier in der Dekorativen Kunst (1896)

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From Aratea (ca. 820). Source: British Library

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Untitled Image from Aratea (ca. 820)

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A lion, a leopard, a rabbit, and an elephant. (ca.1440), from Tractatus de Herbis, BL Sloane 4016. Source: British Library

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‘A lion, a leopard, a rabbit, and an elephant.’ from Tractatus de Herbis, BL Sloane 4016 (ca.1440)

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Marley's Ghost Appearing to a Postprandial Scrooge (1843) by John Leech, from A Christmas Carol in Prose . Source: British Library

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‘Marley

John Leech illustration depicting Marley

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From Sammlung geometrischer und perspectivischer, in Farben ausgeführter Zeichnungen, 36 Blätter umfassend (Cod. Guelf. 74.1 Aug. 2°; Heinemann-Nr. 2708) (16th century). Source: [@hab_wf](https://openbiblio.social/@hab_wf )

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Untitled Image from Sammlung geometrischer und perspectivischer, in Farben ausgeführter Zeichnungen, 36 Blätter umfassend (Cod. Guelf. 74.1 Aug. 2°; Heinemann-Nr. 2708) (16th century)

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Illustration by Théodore Marcile, from Civitas veri sive morvm (1609). Source: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign / Internet Archive

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Untitled Image by Théodore Marcile from Civitas veri sive morvm (1609)

#aristotle #dystopia #ethics #emblems #drawing #morals #utopias #architecture #truth #art #publicdomain