“Anthropodermic bibliopegy had been a specter on the shelves of libraries, museums, and private collections for over a century. Human skin books -mostly made by 19th century doctor bibliophiles - are the only books that are controversial not for the ideas they contain, but for the physical makeup of the object. They repel and fascinate, and their very ordinary appearances mask the horror inherent in their creation.” BooksRare BooksDark ArchivesHuman Skin Books Book:Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin Source: Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
“Anthropodermic books tell a complicated and uncomfortable take about the development of clinical medicine and the doctoring class, and the worst of what can come from the collision of acquisitiveness and clinical distancing.” BooksArchivesRare BooksDark ArchivesHuman Skin Books Book:Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin Source: Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin