Tuesday, 25 October 2016

Books bound in human skin getting forensic investigations

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Megan Rosenbloom at Lapham's Quarterly delves into anthropodermic bibliopegy, the strange history of books bound in human skin, like this pocket book created in 1829 from murderer William Burke of the Burke and Hare murders. (more…)



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