Poisoned Pages: Testing for Toxic Elements in 19th-Century Book Bindings
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Middle Tennessee State University
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Book binding in the 19th century used a number of pigments that contained toxic elements. Inspired by the Poison Book Project, started by the University of Delaware, our project aimed to identify potential toxic elements of 19th century books housed in MTSU’s Walker Library Special