WHATTTT ???? Harvard found 3 human-flesh bound books in its libraries, process also called anthropodermic bibliopegy ... 2 FEB 2006 The Skinny on Harvard’s Rare Book Collection Human flesh-bound volumes R.I.P. on library shelves .... A few individuals give new meaning to the idea of spending forever in the library—their skin binds three of the books in Harvard’s 15-million-volume collection. Without extensive genetic testing, Harvard librarians still do not have the “foggiest notion” of how many volumes wrapped in human hide exist throughout the system, says Director of University Libraries Sidney Verba ’53. But they have identified three such volumes in the Langdell Law Library, Countway Library of Medicine, and the Houghton Collection. The three books range in content from medieval law to Roman poetry to French philosophy. READ MORE > thecrimson/article/2006/2/2/the-skinny-on-harvards-rare-book/
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