Cincinnati collections house books bound in human skin. The books gained the attention of John Hancock and George Washington.

French author Arsène Houssaye wrote the book in 1879, then gave a copy to French physician Ludovic Bouland. Harvard Library For the last 90 years, Harvard University has had a book bound with human ...

Harvard Library says it has removed a book that's been in its collection for nearly a century that is partially made with human skin that was taken from a deceased hospital patient without consent.

If currency values, stores, and measures labor’s creative output, then to remove its physical component is to remove its human foundation.