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 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 ...

French author Arsène Houssaye wrote the book in 1879, then gave a copy to French physician Ludovic Bouland. Harvard Library For the last 90 years, Harvard University has had a book bound with human ...

A rediscovered copy of a book bound in human skin is going on display at a museum in England, reports BBC News’ Laura Foster. Curators were reviewing the collection records for Moyse’s Hall Museum ...

A book bound in Corder's skin has been in the museum's collections since the 1930s. The second copy was given to the museum several decades ago. Moyse's Hall Museum A rediscovered copy of a book bound ...