The second copy was given to the museum several decades ago. Moyse's Hall Museum A rediscovered copy of a book bound in human skin is going on display at a museum in England, reports BBC News ...

The Suffolk books bound in human skin The story of the 1827 murder in Polstead, Suffolk, shocked Georgian Britain. Since then, it has been the subject of many films, books, plays and folk songs.

Why Trust Us? Anthropodermic bibliopegy is the practice of binding books with leather made from human skin. Curators at Moyse’s Hall Museum just discovered a book bound with the skin of ...

Unlike the first Corder book, the skin is only on the book's binding and corners. Covering books in human skin is known as anthropodermic bibliopegy. Books were often created in the 19th Century ...