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Museums, libraries and archives the world over prove an invaluable resource for classification illustrations – finely detailed images of bizarre species of flora and fauna which never fail to delight. By definition, the pieces are created to assist with identifying some as yet unknown and unnamed species rather than for aesthetic pleasure, so sharp edges go unsoftened and ugly angles remain so, and yet, the resulting images maintain a strange, ineffable charm.
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