Rare book laced with deadly poison discovered by librarians
A rare book that was gifted to a child despite being laced with a deadly poison has been discovered by librarians.
Source: thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
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A rare book that was gifted to a child despite being laced with a deadly poison has been discovered by librarians.
Leeds Central Library's copy of My Own Garden: The Young Gardener's Yearbook was published in 1855, the same year it was gifted to Caroline Gott by her father William.
The 19th Century gardening book owes its green colour to a dye containing arsenic, officials say.
The Poison Book Project is an investigation that dives into the materials used in Victorian-era book bindings and book cloth colorings that are potentially toxic.