[Public Domain Review] The Implacability of Things

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THE IMPLACABILITY OF THINGS

*Jonathan Lamb explores the genre of ‘it-narratives’ – stories told from 
the point of view of an object, often as it travels in circulation 
through human hands.
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<http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/10/03/the-implacability-of-things/>

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    16TH CENTURY PROSTHETICS (1564)

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Images of mechanical prosthetics as designed by Ambroise Paré in his 
book Dix livres de la chirurgie (Ten books of Surgery). Paré was the 
official royal surgeon for kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX and 
Henry III and is considered to be one of the fathers of surgery and 
modern forensic pathology. Read More » 
<http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/09/28/16th-century-prosthetics-1564/>

        RUSSIAN FAIRYTALES (1915)

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    A collection of Russian fairytales translated from the Russian of
    Nikolai Polevoy, a notable editor, writer, translator in the early
    19th century. The translations were made by Robert Nisbet Bain.

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    <http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/10/02/russian-fairytales-1915/>

    ROUNDHAY GARDEN SCENE (1888)

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Roundhay Garden Scene is an 1888 short film directed by inventor Louis 
Le Prince, considered to be the world’s first film ever made using a 
motion picture camera.

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<http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/09/27/roundhay-garden-scene-1888/>

SPRING MORNING IN THE HAN PALACE (17TH.C)

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A 17th century copy of Spring Morning in the Han Palace, a famous 
handscroll by the 16th century Ming Dynasty artist Qiu Ying . It depicts 
imperial life at its most idyllic.

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<http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/09/26/spring-morning-in-the-han-palace-17th-c/>

    AN ALPHABET OF CELEBRITIES (1899)

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Intricately rhymed and beautifully illustrated alphabet book on the 
world of late 19th century celebrity, often creating quite wonderfully 
bizarre a-historical scenarios by throwing names with the same beginning 
letter all in with each other.

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<http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/09/24/an-alphabet-of-celebrities-1899/>

    BACH’S ORGAN WORKS PLAYED BY ALBERT SCHWEITZER (1935)

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Albert Schweitzer was a German (writing in French also) theologian, 
organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary. As well as his 
important theological work (he depicted Jesus as literally believing the 
end of the world was coming in his own lifetime), he developed various 
theories on music, in particular the work of J.S. Bach. Read More » 
<http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/09/21/bachs-organ-works-played-by-albert-schweitzer-1935/>

    ILLUSTRATED INITIALS FROM A GERMAN FAIRYTALE BOOK (1919)

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<http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/09/20/illustrated-initials-from-a-german-fairytale-book-1919/> 

Illustrated initials from Deutsche Märchen seit Grimm (German Fairytales 
since Grimm), a German fairytale book from 1919.

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<http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/09/20/illustrated-initials-from-a-german-fairytale-book-1919/>

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