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Harvard removes book binding made from dead woman's skin from library
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Arsène Houssaye's "Des destinées de l'âme" was published in 1879, however, the volume in question was bound in human skin by French...
8 months ago
Harvard University removes human skin binding from book
BBC
The book, from the mid-1880s, was reportedly bound with the skin from the body of a female patient.
8 months ago
Harvard removes human skin used as binding for 1880s book, apologizes
USA Today
The copy of Arsène Houssaye's "Des destinées de l'âme" was found in the Houghton Library and has been part of the university's collections...
8 months ago
Harvard Just Removed A 150-Year-Old Book From Its Library — Because It Was Bound In Human Skin
All That's Interesting
Des Destinées de L'âme was written by French novelist Arsène Houssaye in the mid-1880s about the nature of souls and life after death.
8 months ago
Harvard removes human skin from binding of old book
NBC Boston
Harvard Library said it pulled the human skin binding from its copy of "Des destinées de l'âme," written by Arsène Houssaye in the 1880s.
8 months ago
Harvard removes human skin from the binding of 19th-century book
Washington Post
The book, bound in human flesh and housed in Houghton Library for almost a century, was so popular that it had inspired hazing rituals at...
8 months ago
Book made with dead woman's skin removed from Harvard Library amid probe of human remains found at school
CBS News
The book contains a handwritten note by its first owner saying, "a book about the human soul deserved to have a human covering."
8 months ago
Book Review: The Strange History of Binding Books in Human Skin
Undark Magazine
In “Dark Archives,” librarian Megan Rosenbloom explores a dark history of bookbinding hiding in broad daylight.
48 months ago
Harvard scientists confirm Arsène Houssaye book is bound in human skin
The Independent
Arsène Houssaye's 'Des destinées de l'ame' is believed to have been bound in the skin of a female mental patient who died of a stroke.
126 months ago
Harvard removes human skin binding from 19th century book
The Hill
The Harvard Library announced Wednesday it removed a human skin binding from a 19th century book that has been in the building for decades.
8 months ago