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The fascinating essays in Exoticizing Consumption offer a powerful purgative for the assumptions and anachronisms that have obscured our understanding of the exotic in early modern Europe. Through a rich selection of case studies that take us from Moscow to Manila—with many stops in between and beyond—this volume provides unparalleled insight into the complexities of Europe’s engagement with the exotic at the turn of the eighteenth century and truly succeeds in highlighting the significance of drugs as subjects of historical inquiry. This book is essential reading not only for those interested in the history of pharmacy or medicine, but for anyone interested in gaining new insight into early modern Europe’s interactions with the wider world.