‘Des destinees de l’ame’ is an Antique Book with a Fleshy Side. What books are Harvard bound in human skin?įor better or worse, Des destinées de l’ame is now the only book known to be bound in human skin throughout all Harvard libraries. The book is a meditation on life after death and was given by the author to his friend and medical doctor Dr Ludovic Bouland in the mid-1880s. The Houghton Library contains a number of bibliographical curiosities, but the copy of Arsène Houssaye’s Des destinées de l’ame is one of the strangest. What is unusual about the 19th century copy of Arsene Houssaye book? How many books are bound in human flesh?Īs of May 2019, they report that 50 alleged books have been identified 31 tested, 18 confirmed as human. A book owned by Harvard University library recently revealed its grisly history, when scientists confirmed that it was bound in human skin. The grim tale is not as unusual as you’d think, writes Erin Dean. The book, said to be a meditation on the soul and life after death, is believed to be the only one bound in human skin at Harvard.Īre there any books bound in human flesh?Ī book bound in human skin was recently discovered at Harvard University. Des destinees de l’ame (Destinies of the Soul) has been housed at Houghton Library since the 1930s. Does Harvard have a book made of human skin?Ī book owned by Harvard University has been bound in human skin, scientists believe.
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