The 19th-century book was available to anyone who asked for it for any reason until recently, according to the Ivy League school Getty Harvard University announced Wednesday that it had removed human ...

Harvard University announced Wednesday that it removed the human skin binding from a gruesome book in its library. The book, called Des destinées de l’âme, was published in the 1880s by French author ...

Harvard Library says it has removed a book that's been in its collection for nearly a century that is partially made with human skin that was taken from a deceased hospital patient without consent.

Harvard University has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th-century text because it was taken without consent from a deceased woman. Harvard Library announced this month that it had removed ...

French author Arsène Houssaye wrote the book in 1879, then gave a copy to French physician Ludovic Bouland. Harvard Library For the last 90 years, Harvard University has had a book bound with human ...

Anthropodermic bibliopegy is the practice of binding books with leather made from human skin. Curators at Moyse’s Hall Museum just discovered a book bound with the skin of notorious killer William ...

The decision to find a “respectful final disposition” for human remains used for a 19th-century book comes amid growing scrutiny of their presence in museum collections. By Jennifer Schuessler and ...

We think the human body is fully mapped. In reality, anatomy is still incomplete, and shaped by who was studied, and who wasn ...

Harvard’s recent decision to remove the binding of a notorious volume in its library has thrown fresh light on a shadowy corner of the rare book world. By Jennifer Schuessler and Julia Jacobs The New ...

The Harvard Library announced Wednesday it removed a human skin binding from a 19th century book that has been in the building for decades. “Des Destinées de l’Ame,” a book written in the 1880s by ...