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ruzuzu commented on the word anthropodermic bibliopegy
"Many older libraries and rare book collectors, including several at Harvard and in the Boston area, have an almost-literal skeleton in the closet: anthropodermic bibliopegy, the technical term for books bound in human skin." -- Books Bound in Human Skin; Lampshade Myth?
June 3, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word anthropodermic bibliopegy
Hm. My other link* doesn't seem to work anymore. Here's a different one about the same subject: http://io9.com/5886724/anthropodermic-bibliopegy-or-the-truth-about-books-bound-in-human-skin.
*The old one was http://www.hlrecord.org/2.4462/books-bound-in-human-skin-lampshade-myth-1.579032 from the Harvard Law Record.
February 22, 2012