Boston book fair features book bound with human skin, other rare findsShared via
AddThisBOSTON — The annual Boston Antiquarian Book Fair this weekend features more than just rare books, manuscripts, maps and other curiosities. It also includes something a bit creepy — a book bound with human skin.
The book, called "Dance of Death" was first published in 1538 and illustrates different ways to die.
The edition at this weekend’s fair was published in 1813 and includes a cover inlay of a skull carved from human bone and real teeth.
The fair also features first editions of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s "Tender is the Night" and Ernest Hemingway’s "The Sun also Rises," as well as Amelia Earhart’s high school yearbook.
The book fair runs through Sunday.
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