/Erotica Curiosa

/The Turkish Bath

And Orientialism

"I believe there were two hundred women there in all," begins Mary Wortley Montagu in a letter to her sister (April 1717). "Beautiful naked women in various poses... some conversing, others at their work, others drinking coffee or tasting a sorbet, and many stretched out nonchalantly, whilst their slaves (generally..."

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/Erotica Curiosa

Sex in History

/The Turkish Bath

And Orientialism

By Christina Voss

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