Fantastic Worlds

Fantastic Worlds

The companion collection to our exhibition Fantastic Worlds: Science and Fiction 1780-1910. Travel back to a time when new frontiers of science were emerging. We took to the air, charted remote corners of the earth, and harnessed the power of steam and electricity. Writers explored the farther reaches of this new scientific landscape to craft novels, hoaxes, and satires that captured the imagination of readers.

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Cover of Kunstformen der Natur

Kunstformen der Natur

Haeckel, Ernst; Bibliographisches Institut (Leipzig, Germany)
Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts
1899-1904
Cover of L'aventure de Nicolas Corbin

L'aventure de Nicolas Corbin

Champagne, Maurice
Librairie Ch. Delagrave ...
[between 1890 and 1910]
Cover of Le vingtième siècle - texte et dessins

Le vingtième siècle

Robida, Albert
Librairie Illustrée
[188-?]
Cover of Les terres du ciel; voyage astronomique sur les autres mondes et description des conditions actuelles de la vie sur les diverses planètes du système

Les terres du ciel

Flammarion, Camille; Imprimerie Lemercier et cie,; E. Bernard et cie,
C. Marpon et E. Flammarion
1884
Cover of Missionary travels and researches in South Africa - including a sketch of sixteen years' residence in the interior of Africa, and a journey from the C

Missionary travels and researches in South Africa c.1

Livingstone, David; Day & Son,; William Clowes and Sons,; Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
J. Murray
1857
Cover of News from nowhere, or, An epoch of rest

News from nowhere, or, An epoch of rest

Morris, William
Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press
1892
Cover of Northward ho!, or, Baffled, not beaten

Northward ho!, or, Baffled, not beaten

Barri, Odoardo; Cheyne, John P.; Concanen, Alfred; Stannard & Son; Bella C. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Sheet Music (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries)
J.B. Cramer & Co
[1879]
Cover of Ozma of Oz a record of her adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the yellow hen, the scarecrow, the tin woodman, Tiktok, the cowardly lion and the h

Ozma of Oz

Baum, L. Frank
The Reilly & Britton Co
[c1907]
Cover of Principles of geology - being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation

Principles of geology v. 1

Lyell, Charles, Sir; Deshayes, G. P.
John Murray ...
1830-1833
Cover of Principles of geology v. 2

Principles of geology v. 2

Lyell, Charles, Sir; Deshayes, G. P.
John Murray ...
1830-1833
Cover of Principles of geology - being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation

Principles of geology v. 3

Lyell, Charles, Sir; Deshayes, G. P.
John Murray ...
1830-1833
Cover of Smith's illustrated astronomy - designed for the use of the public or common schools in the United States ; illustrated with numerous original diagram

Smith's illustrated astronomy

Smith, Asa
Published by Cady & Burgess ...
1849
Cover of The adventures of Baron Munchausen

The adventures of Baron Munchausen

Doré, Gustave; Shore, T. Teignmouth
Cassell, Petter and Galpin
[1867?]

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