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#curiosa
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rubyslippersreads
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Nicky doesn't seem too frightened of this #horror classic. And this miniature book is the closest I have to #curiosa. 😊 #maylovesclassics #litsyclassicshost #oldcoolbooks

RadicalReader @rubyslippersreads sounds awesome love Frankenstein 6y
LauraJ That ceramic cat is wonderful 😻 6y
readordierachel How cool! 6y
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rubyslippersreads @LauraJ Thanks! I love that he looks like a little vampire. 😊🦇 6y
LeahBergen Oh, I love! 6y
batsy Awesome pic 😸 6y
ReadZenRites Love how Nicky is getting his “licks in” hehe 😜 The tiny book & ceramic cat are awesome too! 6y
Linsy Cat nose! 😆 For a second there, I thought she was huge! 6y
rubyslippersreads @Linsy Catzilla! 😹 6y
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DebinHawaii
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#OldCoolBooks #Curiosa
Yesterday's prompt--I don't have any books that are really curiosa (curiosities-especially erotic books & articles), but in my '76 Reader's Digest Strange Stories, Amazing Facts, there's mention of Dr. John Graham, an early sex therapist of sorts who charged couples large fees to spend the night in his Celestial Bed in 1780s London. Magnets were supposed to cure impotence & bring fertility. Tagged is a 2008 book about him.

Reviewsbylola So fascinating! 6y
Linsy 😆 I love learning stuff like this! 6y
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BookwormAHN
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#curiosa defined as curiosities, especially erotic or pornographic books or articles. I think this book counts. It is a collection of early photographs mostly, from the 1870s to the 1930s of erotica.
#OldCoolBooks @Linsy

Linsy For sure! 6y
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MrsMalaprop
Lady Chatterly's Lover | D H Lawrence
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#OldCoolBooks #Curiosa

“Lady Chatterley‘s Lover is NOT a dirty book.”
😳🤔😂

Cathythoughts 🤣👍🏻... another one I‘d like to reread 6y
Linsy 😆 6y
ReadZenRites Well... then again, maybe it is a wee bit, er... naughty? 🤔 6y
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Linsy
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#Curiosa is like it sounds. Except that along with referring to books that are curious in nature, it particularly means erotic. Yep, it‘s an old-timey word for porn.

Unfortunately, my shelves are pretty tame, so I‘ll share something curious from colonial America.
Metcalf Bowler said he had a tree directly descended from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. He served “Eden champagne” to the likes of Washington and Lafayette. #OldCoolBooks