when he came across one of those “fairly rare books with that particular green color, I bought it strictly for that cover. Because it was so unusual.” (Cal Cary / For The Washington Post ...

Libraries and rare book collections often carry volumes that ... the team designed full-color bookmarks with images of emerald green covers as well as handling and safety precautions.

This article first appeared in Issue 5 of our free digital magazine CURIOUS. Watch out, old book enthusiasts – your collection might be poisoned. Starting with just one suspicious green tome ...

A handful of books published in the mid-19th century, bound and covered with a pigment known as emerald green, are both rare and potentially deadly. The verdant hue, also known as Paris green ...

when he came across one of those “fairly rare books with that particular green color, I bought it strictly for that cover. Because it was so unusual.” Thanks to the Poison Book Project ...