Word of unbinding

“The bynding of this booke is all that remains of my dear friende Jonas Wright, who was flayed alive
by the Wavuma on the Fourth Day of August, 1632. King Mbesa did give me the book, it being one
of poore Jonas chiefe possessions, together with ample of his skin to bynd it. Requiescat in pace.”

Sadly, another legend bites the dust.  Aw shucks.

At least I learned the magnificent term of art, anthropodermic bibliopegy.

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