Rosenbloom, Megan, 1981-

Dark archives : a librarian's investigation into the science and history of books bound in human skin Megan Rosenbloom. - First edition. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020 - pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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"--

PB

9780374134709

2020023645


Anthropodermic books.

Z269.3.A58 / R67 2020

002 / ROS