Originally published at: Hands off: Victorian books laden with toxic dyes - Boing Boing
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Shoot, considering they contain arsenic, you wouldn’t even want to touch them. Skin contact alone wouldn’t be enough to kill you, but it could be pretty unpleasant anyways, and if you didn’t clean your hands well enough afterwards, it could kill you. Also you wouldn’t even want to breathe near them.
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If only it was safe to touch this book you could read what Victorians put in their food.
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Obligatory: *Shadows from the Walls of Death* (1874)
Sounds like a lost Lovecraft story, but it’s definitely worth looking through. The intensity and subtlety of the colors is impressive after 100+ years.
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