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Harvard removes 1880s book bound with human skin from its library

Harvard University announced Wednesday that it would be removing a book that was bound with human flesh.

Harvard Removes Human Skin From The Binding Of A Book Dating Back To 1880s

Harvard removes human skin binding from book after years of showing it off

Of the roughly 20 million books in Harvard University’s libraries, one has long exerted a unique dark fascination, not for its contents, but for the material it was bound in: human skin.

Book made with dead woman's skin removed from Harvard Library amid probe of human remains found at school

The book contains a handwritten note by its first owner saying, "a book about the human soul deserved to have a human covering."

Book made with human skin removed from Harvard Library

The book contains a handwritten note by its first owner saying, "a book about the human soul deserved to have a human covering."