List of books bound in human skin
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List of books bound in human skin
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Anthropodermic bibliopegy—the binding of books in human skin—peaked in the 19th century. The practice was most popular amongst doctors, who had access to cadavers in their profession. It was nonetheless a rare phenomenon even at the peak of its popularity, and fraudulent claims were commonplace; by 2020, the Anthropodermic Book Project had confirmed the existence of 18 books bound in human skin, out of 31 tested cases. The ability to unequivocally identify book bindings as being of human skin da
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_bound_in_human_skin
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2023-08-27T02:54:08Z
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2024-09-02T16:52:25Z
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