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Nudibranchs as pictured by a Japanese illustrator named Kumataro Ito, artist for the USS Albatross’ Philippine Expedition, 1907–10. More of his stunning images here: https://t.co/GuHUxgLF1M

#OnThisDay in 1895, Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays and altered the course of medical history. Pictured: images from one of the 1st series of x-rays ever produced (just 2 weeks after Roentgen published his discovery). More here: https://t.co/0qA5CfUw8y #WorldRadiographyDay

Depiction of Bael, “the first king of hell”, with the head of a toad, a man, and a cat — one of the many illustrations by Louis le Breton for the 1863 edition of Jacques Collin de Plancy’s "Dictionnaire infernal". More here: https://t.co/x7bkN5psn0

Looking for some Halloween costume inspo? Some first-rate ideas in this 18th-century demonology book: https://t.co/wQFmSsNkZc #halloween

Some of the many wonderful shapeshifting "monsters" from Japanese folklore featured on a painted scroll known as the Bakemono zukushi (18th or 19th century). See more here of its ghoulish delights here: https://t.co/RMpIPPH5iu

Spectropia; or, Surprising Spectral Illusions (1865), a wonderful book of Victorian hi-tech ghost conjuring which allows the reader to summon, as the sub-title proclaims, “ghosts everywhere and of any colour”. More here: https://t.co/YYiBLUsnKy

Happy birthday and deathday to 17th-century polymath Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682). See our Browne related content here, including essays by @HoooAW and Claire Preston: https://t.co/JuvT5YOnY3 #OnThisDay #OTD

"Rokurokubi", a long-necked woman, is pictured next to an "Inugami" dog spirit.⠀
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Two of the many "Yokai" (a class of supernatural monsters, spirits, and demons in Japanese folklore) featured in a painted scroll known as the Bakemono zukushi: https://t.co/1EBOuNZijA

Print from 1556 published by Hieronymus Cock , designed by Cornelis Floris II and engraved by Johannes or Lucas van Doetecum.

More of these highly elaborate ornament prints, mostly in the grotesque style, from the collection of the Rijksmuseum here: https://t.co/NyL4jgZGSL

The Ascent of Mont Blanc (ca. 1853) — four George Baxter prints based on the sketches of the mountaineer John MacGregor: https://t.co/R1jQEl1css