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...book’s 794th and final page includes an inscription in purple cursive: “the bynding of this booke is all that remains of my dear friende Jonas Wright, who was flayed alive by the Wavuma on the Fourth Day of August, 1632. King Mbesa did give me the book, it being one of poore Jonas chiefe possessions, together with ample of his skin to bynd it. Requiescat in pace...

Author: By Samuel P. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Skinny on Harvard’s Rare Book Collection | 2/2/2006 | See Source »

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