Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
ix, 274 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-258) and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
Subject |
Anthropodermic books.
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Anthropodermic books. (OCoLC)fst02020495
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ISBN |
9780374134709 hardcover |
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0374134707 hardcover |
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