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Mathilde Montpetit

Mathilde Montpetit is a PhD candidate in history at New York University, where she studies eunuchs in medieval West Africa and the Mediterranean. She lives in Berlin.

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Genevieve Stebbins’ *Delsarte System of Dramatic Expression* (1886)

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Emotion & Expression, Communication, Music & Arts

Genevieve Stebbins’ Delsarte System of Dramatic Expression (1886)

Covers from *Cerîde-i Adliye*, a Turkish Law Journal (1924–26)

Design & Typography

Covers from Cerîde-i Adliye, a Turkish Law Journal (1924–26)

“Plaything of the Gods”: Photographs of Pushball (early 1900s)

Sport & Exercise

“Plaything of the Gods”: Photographs of Pushball (early 1900s)

Diagrams from Willem ten Rhijne’s *De Acupunctura* (1683)

Science & Medicine, Colonialism & the ‘Other’

Diagrams from Willem ten Rhijne’s De Acupunctura (1683)

Broken Ground: *The Fall of the House of Usher* (1928)

Film /

Architecture, Death, Ghosts & Occult

Broken Ground: The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)

Elizabeth I’s Manuscript Copy of Pierre Boaistuau’s *Histoires Prodigieuses* (1559)

Religion, Myth & Legend, Strange Phenomena, Colonialism & the ‘Other’, Travel & Exploration

Elizabeth I’s Manuscript Copy of Pierre Boaistuau’s Histoires Prodigieuses (1559)

“Wretches, Speak Evil of Me”: Goethe and Schiller’s *Xenions* (1896 edition)

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Humour & Satire, Music & Arts

“Wretches, Speak Evil of Me”: Goethe and Schiller’s Xenions (1896 edition)

Doing Impressions: Monet’s Early Caricatures (ca. late 1850s)

Humour & Satire, People, Music & Arts

Doing Impressions: Monet’s Early Caricatures (ca. late 1850s)

Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s *Herland* (1915)

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Customs & Culture, Travel & Exploration, Love & Lust

Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland (1915)

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

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)

*Autobiography of a “Jeep”* (1943)

Film /

War, Technology

Autobiography of a “Jeep” (1943)

Peter Kropotkin’s *Memoirs of a Revolutionist* (1899)

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People, Politics

Peter Kropotkin’s Memoirs of a Revolutionist (1899)

*Nature Morte*: Chaïm Soutine’s Still Lifes (ca. 1920s)

Animals & Beasts, Death, Music & Arts

Nature Morte: Chaïm Soutine’s Still Lifes (ca. 1920s)

Deceit and Disrobing: The Schefer *Maqāmāt* (BNF Arabe 5847, ca. 1237)

Stories, Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the ‘Other’, Humour & Satire, Religion, Myth & Legend

Deceit and Disrobing: The Schefer Maqāmāt (BNF Arabe 5847, ca. 1237)

“Quaint Dessert Dishes” in *American Homes and Gardens* (1911)

Animals & Beasts, Food

“Quaint Dessert Dishes” in American Homes and Gardens (1911)

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

Customs & Culture, People, Colonialism & the ‘Other’

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

The Nature of the Beast: Charles le Brun’s Human-Animal Hybrids (1806)

Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Emotion & Expression

The Nature of the Beast: Charles le Brun’s Human-Animal Hybrids (1806)