Harvard University has removed the binding of human skin from a 19th Century book kept in its library. Des Destinées de l'Ame ...

Harvard Library announced that it has removed human skin that was used to bind a book from the 1880s. The copy of Arsène Houssaye’s "Des destinées de l’âme" was found in the Houghton ...

The book, bound in human flesh and housed in Houghton Library for almost a century, was so popular that it had inspired ...

In short: Harvard University has removed the controversial binding from a book from its library. Harvard released a report in 2022 that identified more than 20,000 human remains in its various ...

Prestigious Harvard University said Wednesday it had removed human skin from the binding of a book held for over 90 years at one of its libraries. A copy of the 19th-century book "Des Destinées ...

Harvard Library has decided to remove the binding from a 19th-century work made of human skin due to its «ethically problematic nature of origin», - the university said in a statement on its website.

A book in Harvard University’s library no longer is bound with the skin of a human being. Houghton Library and university officials made the decision recently as part of its campaign to ...

Harvard University says it has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th century book about the afterlife that has been in its collections since the 1930s. It comes after a review found ethical ...

The Harvard University Library announced last month that they had finally removed a binding – made with human skin – from a 145-year-old book which they acquired 90 years ago. A 2014 report first ...

Remember the human skin-bound spellbook from"Hocus Pocus?" Turns out it wasn't such a far-fetched movie prop after all. Before that though, Houssaye himself had given the volume to his friend and the ...