Fun Fact of the Day: Skin-bound Book
The John Hay Library is known for having famed items, such as an original copy of The Great Gatsby with a note from F. Scott Fitzgerald to T.S. Eliot, one of the largest magic literature collections, an original copy of Sir Isaac Newton’s Principia, and one of the largest toy soldier collections in the world. In addition to these awesome things, Brown also owns three books that are bound in human skin. Weird? Yes. Even weirder is that you’re allowed to touch them if you ask the librarians. Surprisingly enough, they just feel like leather. Go on, touch them. We know you’re intrigued.
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Yes! I saw this stuff on one of my last few days at Brown. I almost forgot about it. :/
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