In the 1800s, binding a book with your own dead skin made a lovely gift - io9

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In the 1800s, binding a book with your own dead skin made a lovely gift
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The pre-anesthesia surgery blog The Chirurgeon's Apprentice has a charming overview of the history of "anthropodermic bibliopegy," or the process of binding books with human skin. Although this process sounds gruesome to modern readers, this procedure ...

Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 09:36:15 AM

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