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Ocelot II

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2. That's some creepy shit, but I did learn a new term: "anthropodermic bibliopegy"

Reply to RSherman (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2024, 11:28 AM

Mar 28

for a practice I didn't know existed (and would rather not have known).

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Harvard Removes Human Skin Binding From Book In Its Collections (Whoa!) [View all] RSherman Mar 28 OP

What took them so long? Nasty. flying_wahini Mar 28 #1

That's some creepy shit, but I did learn a new term: "anthropodermic bibliopegy" Ocelot II Mar 28 #2

Then you may want to google "Mummy Brown".... getagrip_already Mar 28 #3

I did - eww. But you can't buy it any more, not since the mid-20th c. Ocelot II Mar 28 #5

Some companies make a color called mummy brown sarisataka Mar 28 #6

Interesting the things you learn here: IcyPeas Mar 28 #10

Wow that's like some creepy Ed Gein shit Blue Owl Mar 28 #4

My seminary had a book on Christian history bound in a Lenape man's skin. intheflow Mar 28 #7

Wow, thanks for this info.... RSherman Mar 28 #9

Others: TheProle Mar 28 #8

"Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin" Celerity Mar 28 #11

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