Bouland took the skin used to bind the book without consent from a female patient who died in the hospital where he worked, according to a release from the Harvard Library. “The book has been in the ...

Ah, that old book smell, the fusted vanilla scent that evokes nostalgic memories of bedtime stories, baked cakes, and childhood dreams. Vintage books are time capsules, a journey into a forgotten past ...

A new exhibition, drawn from the collection of Rare Book School, offers a sweeping history of the tools and techniques behind this most durable, and changeable, of cultural artifacts. By Jennifer ...