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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

(TMX) -- Harvard University has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th-century text. The university said the decision was made because the skin was taken without consent from a deceased woman.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (TMX) -- Harvard University has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th-century text because it was taken without consent from a deceased woman. Harvard Library announced ...