Turning the Book Wheel

"Rapid Jottings" by Kitao Keisai Massayoshi from Siegfried Bing's Artistic Japan v.6 (1891).

A diagram comparing a human hand to the equivalent limb in other mammals from Henry Fairfield Osborn's The age of mammals in Europe, Asia and North America (1910).

Two lunar maps, including a diagram of a lunar eclipse (top) from Balthazard-François de Merles's Papers from the 4th quarter of 17th century.

A crane with maple tree and deer with cherry tree from Shiichi Tajima's Masterpieces selected from the Kôrin school v.1 (1903).

Color charts of undifferentiated (top) and specialized (bottom) plumage of different warbler species from Charles Keeler's Evolution of the colors of North American land birds (1893).

A type of carriage referred to in the text as "L'Hirondelle" from Science new ser.:v.1 (1883).

Apparatuses for electrical experiments from A Brief history of electricity, a manuscript from the last quarter of the 18th century.

Tamarau (1) and anoa (2) from Richard Lydekker's Wild oxen, sheep & goats of all lands, living and extinct (1898).

49 different seals used by artist Kawanabé Kyōsai to stamp his work over the course of his career from J. Conder's Paintings and studies by Kawanabé Kyōsai [1911].

A model of a giant octopus in the workshop of the Yale museum from Science new ser.:v.1 (1883).

A series of maps showing "The Waning of the Ice Sheet in New York State" over time from Annual Report of the New York State Museum 65th:v.1 suppl. (1911).