Bibliograph

Dark archives, a librarian's investigation into the science and history of books bound in human skin, Megan Rosenbloom

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Dark archives, a librarian's investigation into the science and history of books bound in human skin, Megan Rosenbloom

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dark archives

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1136969460

Responsibility statement

Megan Rosenbloom

Sub title

a librarian's investigation into the science and history of books bound in human skin

Summary

"A medical librarian presents a fascinating, terrifying look into history's rarest books-- those bound in human skin-- and the stories of their creation and collection"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The First Printing -- This Dreadful Workshop -- Gentlemen Collectors -- Skin Craft -- Secrets of the Sages-Femmes -- The Long Shadow of the Night Doctors -- The Postmortem Travels of William Corder -- Echoes of Tanner's Close -- The Highwayman's Gift -- Ghosts in the Library -- My Corpse, My Choice -- The French Connection -- Epilogue: Humane Anatomy -- The Anthropodermic Book Project's List of Confirmed Human Skin Books as of March 2020

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