Harvard University announced Wednesday that it removed the human skin binding from a gruesome book in its library. The book, called Des destinées de l’âme, was published in the 1880s by French author ...

Harvard Library announced that it has removed human skin that was used to bind a book from the 1880s. The copy of Arsène Houssaye’s "Des destinées de l’âme" was found in the Houghton Library and has ...

Although e-readers are convenient and you can download entire libraries to your tablet or smartphone, true bibliophiles can expound at length on the textile wonders of holding a real book in one’s ...

Harvard’s recent decision to remove the binding of a notorious volume in its library has thrown fresh light on a shadowy corner of the rare book world. By Jennifer Schuessler and Julia Jacobs See more ...