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Peruvianizing Peru: Covers from *Amauta* Magazine (1926–30)
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Customs & Culture, Politics, Colonialism & the ‘Other’

Peruvianizing Peru: Covers from Amauta Magazine (1926–30)

Diagrams for Travel from the *Qanoon-e-Islam* (1832)
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Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend, Colonialism & the ‘Other’, Travel & Exploration

Diagrams for Travel from the Qanoon-e-Islam (1832)

The Art of Kite Flying (1430–1929)
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Customs & Culture, Technology, War

The Art of Kite Flying (1430–1929)

Venetian Bridge Brawls in 17th and 18th Century Art
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Customs & Culture, Politics, War, Cities

Venetian Bridge Brawls in 17th and 18th Century Art

Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s *Herland* (1915)
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Customs & Culture, Travel & Exploration, Love & Lust

Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland (1915)

Wayang Kulit: Raden Soelardi’s Illustrations of Javanese Puppets (1919)
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Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend, Colonialism & the ‘Other’

Wayang Kulit: Raden Soelardi’s Illustrations of Javanese Puppets (1919)

Snail Homes, Bog Bodies, and Mechanical Flies: Robert Testard’s Illustrations for *Les secretz de l’histoire naturelle* (ca. 1485)
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Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend, Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the ‘Other’

Snail Homes, Bog Bodies, and Mechanical Flies: Robert Testard’s Illustrations for Les secretz de l’histoire naturelle (ca. 1485)

“That’s Why We Become Witches”: Sylvia Townsend Warner’s *Lolly Willowes* (1926)
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Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend

“That’s Why We Become Witches”: Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Lolly Willowes (1926)

Paramaribo and the Plantation: Gerrit Schouten’s Dioramas of Suriname (1810–30)
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Customs & Culture, People, Colonialism & the ‘Other’

Paramaribo and the Plantation: Gerrit Schouten’s Dioramas of Suriname (1810–30)

The Shadow of Desire: Painting the Origins of Art (ca. 1625–1850)
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The Shadow of Desire: Painting the Origins of Art (ca. 1625–1850)

*A Collection of Old English Customs, and Curious Bequests and Charities* (1842)
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Customs & Culture

A Collection of Old English Customs, and Curious Bequests and Charities (1842)

The Cat’s *Maew*: Thai Treatise on Auspicious Felines (19th Century)
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Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Wisdom

The Cat’s Maew: Thai Treatise on Auspicious Felines (19th Century)

Cannibal Modernity: Oswald de Andrade’s *Manifesto Antropófago* (1928)
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Customs & Culture, Politics, Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the ‘Other’, Music & Arts

Cannibal Modernity: Oswald de Andrade’s Manifesto Antropófago (1928)

Flowers of Fealty: Wilhelm Dilich’s Commemoration of the Christening of Elisabeth of Hesse (1598)
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Customs & Culture, Fashion, People

Flowers of Fealty: Wilhelm Dilich’s Commemoration of the Christening of Elisabeth of Hesse (1598)

Off with Their Heads: Illustrations of Blemmyes (ca. 1175–1724)
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Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Colonialism & the ‘Other’, Travel & Exploration

Off with Their Heads: Illustrations of Blemmyes (ca. 1175–1724)

Drawing on Tradition: Elena Izcue’s *Peruvian Art in the School* (1926)
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Drawing on Tradition: Elena Izcue’s Peruvian Art in the School (1926)

Charles Davy’s *Conjectural Observations on the Origin and Progress of Alphabetic Writing* (1772)
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Charles Davy’s Conjectural Observations on the Origin and Progress of Alphabetic Writing (1772)

Bernard Sleigh’s *Anciente Mappe of Fairyland* (ca. 1920 edition)
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Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Maps, Religion, Myth & Legend, Music & Arts, Travel & Exploration, Wisdom, Education

Bernard Sleigh’s Anciente Mappe of Fairyland (ca. 1920 edition)

Photographs of the Samaritan Passover on Mount Gerizim (1917)
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Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend

Photographs of the Samaritan Passover on Mount Gerizim (1917)

Uncommon Sense: Edward B. Foote’s *Plain Home Talk* (1896 edition)
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Customs & Culture, Science & Medicine, Wisdom

Uncommon Sense: Edward B. Foote’s Plain Home Talk (1896 edition)

*Ostrich Egg-Shell Cups of Mesopotamia and the Ostrich in Ancient and Modern Times* (1926)
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Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture

Ostrich Egg-Shell Cups of Mesopotamia and the Ostrich in Ancient and Modern Times (1926)

Gustatory Wisdom: Bruegel the Elder’s *Twelve Proverbs* (1558)
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Wisdom, Customs & Culture

Gustatory Wisdom: Bruegel the Elder’s Twelve Proverbs (1558)

Reality Iced: Robert J. Flaherty’s *Nanook of the North* (1922)
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Reality Iced: Robert J. Flaherty’s Nanook of the North (1922)

Pied Beauty: Wari Tie-Dye Textiles (ca. 425–1100)
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Customs & Culture, Design & Typography, Fashion

Pied Beauty: Wari Tie-Dye Textiles (ca. 425–1100)

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