Illustration by Ernst Schneidler, from Deutsche Märchen seit Grimm (1919).

Source: University of Connecticut Libraries / Internet Archive

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#initials #typography #design #lettering #art #publicdomain

Histioteuthis bonelliana (1851) by Jean Baptiste Vérany, from Mollusques méditeranéens.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive

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Americas (1719) by Johann Baptist Homann.

Source: Stanford University Libraries

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Illustration by Anton Seder, from Das Thier in der Dekorativen Kunst (1896).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

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From Kunstrichtige Schreibart (1655).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

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Marble Cliff Spring. Shoshone Basin. (1883) by Thomas Sinclair and Son, from Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of The Territories: Part II. Yellowstone National Park.

Source: The Field Museum Library / Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Illustrative plate from Nehemiah Grew’s <em>The Anatomy of Plants</em> (1682). (1682) by Nehemiah Grew, from The Anatomy of Plants.

Source: Missouri Botanical Garden / Biodiversity Heritage Library

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From Traite d’insectologie (1773).

Source: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich / e-rara

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Symbol of Combinatorics (1666) by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, from Dissertatio de Arte Combinatoria.

Source: Deutsche Fotothek / Wikimedia Commons

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#diagrams #leibniz #language #calculators #computation #elements #circular #art #publicdomain

Orion (1482), from Clarissimi uiri Hyginii Poeticon astronomicon opus utilissimum.

Source: United States Naval Observatory

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#maps #astrology #hyginus #astronomy #manuscripts #stars #mythology #art #publicdomain