Another book bound in human skin

A 1606 book was bound in the skin of the man whose execution it describes, according to the Guardian.

There's an unusual aspect to this gruesome tale:

Sid Wilkinson, from Wilkinson's Auctioneers in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, who will be selling the book on Sunday, said he could see the Jesuit priest's face peering out from the cover.

He said: "It's a little bit spooky because the front of the book looks like it has the face of a man on it, which is presumed to be the victim's face."

That's a sequel, in a sense, since Garnet's face appeared on an inanimate object before the book hit the presses.  On a piece of straw from the pile surrounding the execution stand, apparently.

Here at Infocult we keep up with anthropodermic bibliopegy.

(via the Cranky Professor)

Comments

[saramin]

Makes you wonder if this book (and others similar) possess dark magical properties. By definition any book bound in human skin should.