Anthropodermic bibliopegy: the grotesque history of books bound in human skin

This is eye catching, but really quite ‘off’. As one who had sold and appraised skin books, it misses the critical point. In nearly every case, akin books are ‘honorifics’…done to honor the deceased…and most often religious texts. Also and broadly, in the end, skin is skin.

Or after the lawman’s execution?

William Shatner! I would know the acting anywhere!

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