Largest Book In The World On Show For The First Time
Jan 29, 2010 History, Unusual Releases
I, for one, plan to go and see this ASAP:
“It takes six people to lift it and has been recorded as the largest book in the world, yet the splendid Klencke Atlas, presented to Charles II on his restoration and now 350 years old, has never been publicly displayed with its pages open. That glaring omission is to be rectified, it was announced by the British Library today, when it will be displayed as one of the stars of its big summer exhibition about maps.
The summer show will feature about 100 maps, considered some of the greatest in the world, with three-quarters of them going on display for the first time.”
Books Bound In Human Skin; Lampshade Myth?
Dec 5, 2009 Unusual Releases
On a daytrip to Providence during fly-out week, I stumbled across an unusual and startling artifact on display at Brown University’s John Hay Library – an anatomy book bound in human skin. While such specimens are unusual, they are not as rare as you might think. Many older libraries and rare book collectors, including several at Harvard and in the Boston area, have an almost-literal skeleton in the closet: anthropodermic bibliopegy, the technical term for books bound in human skin.
Full article at Harvard Law Record
And interestingly enough, a book bound in human skin was exhibited at a Boston book fair just a few weeks ago, according to the New England News.
