bibliopegy

[bib-lee-op-uh-jee]

noun

1. the art of binding books.

Other Word Forms

• bibliopegic adjective
• bibliopegist noun
• bibliopegistic adjective
• bibliopegistical adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bibliopegy¹

1825–35; biblio- + Greek pēg- (stem of pēgnýnai to fasten) + -y ³

Example Sentences

Covering books in human skin is known as anthropodermic bibliopegy.

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Rosenbloom, a rare-books specialist drawn to issues of mortality, plumbs a practice experts call anthropodermic bibliopegy.

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I had a vague sense that the practice of binding books in skin — technically called anthropodermic bibliopegy — was associated with the Nazis; they were long rumored to have made lampshades out of human skin.

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In fact, anthropodermic bibliopegy was not the practice of some singularly heinous regime.

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Rosenbloom came upon a case of leather-bound books whose display text claimed they were made of human skin — via a process called anthropodermic bibliopegy, practiced by 19th century doctors who wanted to give their own collections a special touch.

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