Boston, Massachusetts

Obscura Society: Alchemy, Rare Texts & Books Bound in Human Skin

Join us for a private, picturesque visit to the Boston Athenaeum

Date: January 5, 2013
Cost: 10.00
Where: 10 1/2 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02108, United States

The Boston Athenaeum is a membership library founded in 1807.

Our private tour of the Athenaeum’s landmark building at 10 ½ Beacon Street, includes the conservation laboratory where rare books, maps and manuscripts are preserved. After a demonstration of the art of bookbinding, there will be a display of rarities including alchemical volumes; texts by Athanasius Kircher; and the memoirs of a 19th century highwayman, bound in his own skin.

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Saturday, Jan 5
Two tours: 10am-12pm & 1pm-3pm of 15 people each.
Address: 10 1/2 Beacon St, Boston

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January 5, 2013
Attendance Limit

30

Cost

10.0
Hosted By

James Reid-Cunningham

http://www.bostonathenaeum....

Where

10 1/2 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02108, United States
Special Instructions

2 tours: 10am-12PM & 1PM-3PM, 15 people each

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2 tours: 10am-12PM & 1PM-3PM, 15 people each

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