(The Hill) – The Harvard Library announced Wednesday it had removed a human skin binding from a 19th century book that has been in the building for decades. “Des Destinées de l’Ame,” a ...

The 19th-century ... skin from the binding of Des destinées de l'âme, a book from Houghton Library, after a review found the book failed to meet "ethical standards." The 19th-century book's ...

Museum staff believe the binding and corners of this book are made using the skin of 19th Century murderer William Corder A book bound in the skin of one of the UK's most notorious murderers is to ...

France’s national library has set aside four 19th-century books to test for potential arsenic contamination. The chemical may have been used to colour the emerald green binding of the books ...