"This set is in the finest calfskin, and that one is in Uncle Fred."

There are a few urban legends that poke up here and there that certain libraries — usually dusty, private, or academic ones which are not easily accessible by the public — hold books bound in human skin. Few of these stories turn out to be true: the "human" skin is often proven to be lamb, sheep, or deer. But Harvard University's Houghton Library was recently surprised — and somewhat taken aback — to find one of its books was absolutely an example of the practice known as anthropodermic bibliopegy.

      -from "The True Practicef Binding Books in Human Skin, "http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/anthropodermic-bibliopegy-the-true-practice-of-binding-books-in-human-skin?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page