Shadows from the Walls of Death
Shadows from the Walls of Death: Facts and Inferences Prefacing a Book of Specimens of Arsenical Wall Papers is an 1874 book by Dr. Robert C. Kedzie of Michigan.
 The frontispiece of the book Shadows from the Walls of Death. | |
| Author | Dr. Robert C. Kedzie |
|---|---|
| Country | United States of America |
| Language | English |
Publication date | 1874 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 100 |
The book warns of the dangers then commonly used arsenic-pigmented wallpaper. The book contains 86 samples of said wallpaper. Due to the dangerous amount of arsenic in the work, of the original 100 copies, only four have survived. These are only handled using special precautions for safety.[1]
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References
- Zawacki, Alexander J. (2018-01-23). "How a Library Handles a Rare and Deadly Book of Wallpaper Samples". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
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