Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin

by Megan Rosenbloom

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On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. Would you know one if you held it in your hand?

In Dark Archives, Megan Rosenbloom seeks out the historic and scientific truths behind anthropodermic bibliopegy--the practice of binding books in this most intimate covering. Dozens of such books live...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1250800161

ISBN13:9781250800169

Release Date:October 2021

Publisher:Picador USA

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.58 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"

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