[Wilkinson’s Auctioneers](http://www.wilkinsons-auctioneers.co.uk/), in Doncaster, are selling a [book bound in human skin]() this sunday;
> **Lot 181**
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> A Rare & Macabre Early 17th Century Anthropodermic Bound Book in carrying box. The book entitiled; ‘A True and Perfect Relation of The Whole Proceedings against the Late most barbarous Traitors, Garnet a Jesuit and his Confederats’; Printed London 1606 by Robert Barker, printer to the King and believed to be bound in human skin, possibly that of the aforementioned Jesuit Priest; Father Henry Garnet. The box having a rectangular handle to the centre with the corners having clusters of brass stud flowers, and the front having an iron clasp and lockplate, 11 ins x 7½ ins x 5 ins (28 cms x 19 cms x 13 cms).
Just in case.
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2 responses to “Human-skin book for sale this sunday in Doncaster”
Holy Shit. Henry Garnett is an ancester of mine.
Although it also makes me think that this = a lie. Mum and Grandma researched into this, and somewhere at home I have a book about him. He heard the confessions of the Gunpowder plotters and was hung, drawn, and quartered for not telling anyone.
wow. Hey, it’s not too far to doncaster. You could take a trip to see the family, as it were.