File:French Translation of Virgil's Georgics by Jacques Delille, bound in the skin of Delille (anthropodermic book) (cropped).jpg

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Français : Légende originale : "Une reliure macabre : un exemplaire des Géorgiques, avec plats en peau humaine"

Photographie d'une reliure couvrant un exemplaire de la traduction française en vers, par Jacques Delille, des "Géorgiques" de Virgile. Chacun des plats inclurait, en son centre, un lambeau de peau de Delille, subtilisé par Aimé Leroy à Paris en 1813 lors des opérations d'embaumement de Delille. Le livre était encore conservé par les descendants d'Aimé Leroy dans les années 1940. (Bibliopégie anthropodermique)

Pour plus d'informations, voir ici, p. 249-252, ou

René Paillot, « Un bibliophile du nord, Aimé Leroy (1793-1848) », Bulletin des séances de la Société des sciences, de l’agriculture & des arts de Lille, années 1927-1928
English: Photograph of the binding of a French translation of Virgil's "Georgics" by Jacques Delille, with fragments of Delille's skin inserted in the covers. The two pieces of skin were stolen by Aimé Leroy in Paris, in 1813, during the embalming process of Delille. The book was still in Leroy family in 1940s. (Anthropodermic bibliopegy)
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Edmond Goreau, "Reliures en peau humaine : un exemplaire en peau de Delille", La Chronique médicale, Paris, no 29, 1922, p. 251.

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