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Ticia Verveer (ticiaverveer@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 30-Mar-2024 00:43:07 JST Ticia Verveer

Harvard Library has removed human skin from the binding of a copy of Arsène Houssaye’s book Des destinées de l’âme (1880s), held at Houghton Library.
The volume’s first owner, French physician and bibliophile Dr. Ludovic Bouland (1839–1933), bound the book with skin he took without consent from the body of a deceased female patient in a hospital where he worked.
https://library.harvard.edu/statement-des-destinees-de-lame
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  A statement on Des destinées de l’âme and its stewardship
  
  Harvard Library has removed human skin from the binding of a copy of Arsène Houssaye’s book Des destinées de l’âme, held at Houghton Library.
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  13 barn owls in a trenchcoat (hauntedowlbear@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 30-Mar-2024 00:43:07 JST 13 barn owls in a trenchcoat
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  @TiciaVerveer Well that's horrifying, but I'm glad some effort at restitution has been made. Thank you for the fascinating share.
  
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