Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9781250800169ISBN-10:1250800161UPC:9781250800169Book Category:Antiques & Collectibles, Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Books, Books & Reading, Death & DyingSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCCY63VPGZ
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...Language:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9781250800169ISBN-10:1250800161UPC:9781250800169Book Category:Antiques & Collectibles, Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Books, Books & Reading, Death & DyingSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCCY63VPGZ
Megan Rosenbloom is a librarian with a research interest in the history of medicine and rare books. Formerly a medical librarian and journalist, she is now the collection strategies librarian at UCLA Library in Los Angeles. She is also the president of the Southern California Society for the History of Medicine. She is a member of the Anthropodermic Book Project, a multidisciplinary team...
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