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Page from the First Columbian Gramophone Catalogue Anonymous

Honore Daumier, French artist Anonymous

Giaochino Rossini, Italian composer Anonymous

Might and Mayne Anonymous

Title page of Work for Chimney Sweepers or A Warning for Tobacconists Anonymous

Cone of Solfaterra Pietro Fabris

Eskimo kayak Anonymous

John Ruskin, British artist, poet and critic Anonymous

Snowdon, an Approaching Storm Anonymous

Shanks' Superior Bath Cabinet Anonymous

Babur superintending in the Garden of Fidelity Anonymous

Jean-Simeon Chardin, French artist Anonymous

Copper smelting, a primitive method, Japan Anonymous

Nemesis or Good Fortune Anonymous

Page from a Gutenberg Bible Anonymous

William Morris, British artist and designer Anonymous

Papyrus letter from a schoolboy to his father, c200 AD Anonymous

Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian dramatist Anonymous

Pont du Gard, Roman aqueduct, Nimes, France Anonymous

Voltaire, French writer Anonymous

Anarchism: Mikhail Bakunin, Russian anarchist Anonymous

Universal language: the first page of the Bible in Esperanto Anonymous

Anti-semitism: a pass issued to Jews at Frankfurt Anonymous

Bathing dress Anonymous

Elixir of Life: 'The Alchemist' Anonymous

Newspaper printing on a ten feed semi rotary machine Anonymous

Sanctity: 'St Francis in Meditation' Anonymous

Dramatic unities: Euripides, Greek playwright, 5th century BC Anonymous

Christmas scene from King Nutcracker by Heinrich Hoffmann Anonymous

The first pivoted needle compass Anonymous

Prospecting for metals Anonymous

The Painter and the Connoisseur Anonymous

El Greco, Greek painter active in Spain Anonymous

Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist Anonymous

Marquise de Pompadour Anonymous

Ludwig von Beethoven, German composer Anonymous