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A copy of De integritatis et corruptionis virginum notis kept in the Wellcome Library, believed to be bound in human skin Anthropodermic bibliopegy —the binding of books in human skin—peaked in the 19th century. The practice was most popular amongst doctors, who had access to cadavers in their profession. It was nonetheless a rare phenomenon even at the peak of its popularity, and ...
Anthropodermic bibliopegy is the practice of binding books in human skin. As of April 2022, The Anthropodermic Book Project has examined 31 out of 50 books [1] in public institutions supposed to have anthropodermic bindings, of which 18 have been confirmed as human and 13 have been demonstrated to be non-human leather instead. [1] [2]
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Online Books Page List of over 2,000,000 books (as of April 2015) in English and their urls where any and all may be obtained legitimately for free. Internet Public Library Another list of internet books, not just English, all free.
Rare and antiquarian books, based in the United Kingdom. Alibris United States: Online only: An online marketplace for used but also new books Amazon.com United States: Online only [1] The "world's largest bookstore" began by selling books from its website in 1995, and is now the world's largest online retailer of consumer goods. It operates ...
Throughout the history of literature, since the creation of bound texts in the forms of books and codices, various works have been published and written anonymously, often due to their political or controversial nature, or merely for the purposes of the privacy of their authors, among other reasons.
The daevas, or Homo sanguinus, [2] is an extinct human cousin species who lived in matriarchal clan-based societies and regularly practiced human sacrifice, slavery, and thaumaturgy. Before the Common Era , the daevas founded the Daevite Empire that covered most of Eurasia, and remains a threat to humanity despite having long since fallen.
Charlie books: Roald Dahl: 2: 1964, 1972: completed: unspecified location ... shape-shifting and elemental non-human: Similar to east coast of USA [84] Outcast Season ...