Old (but poison) books

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An article about arsenic and other heavy metals on the bookbindings on some 19th century books might be of interest here, since many of us have acquired old books.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/old-books-loaded-poison-collectors-183155374.html (originally in The Washington Post)

The Poison Books Project is at:
https://sites.udel.edu/poisonbookproject/
and the database is at:
https://sites.udel.edu/poisonbookproject/arsenical-books-database/

Some books from the database which might be in personal paleontology libraries:
Archäologische beiträge – 1847
Caroli a Linne Species Plantarum, Vol. 1, Pt. 1 & Pt. 2 – 1797
Caroli a Linne Species Plantarum, Vol. 2, Pt. 1 & Pt. 2 – 1799
Caroli a Linne Species Plantarum, Vol. 3, Pt. 1 & Pt. 2 – 1800
Caroli a Linne Species Plantarum, Vol. 4, Pt. 1 & Pt. 2 – 1805
Caroli a Linne Species Plantarum, Vol. 5 – 1810
Caroli a Linne Species Plantarum, Vol. 6 – 1824
Oeuvres de Lavoisier, Tome 4 – 1868
Oeuvres de Lavoisier, Tome 5 – 1892
Pictures and Stories of Natural History – 1861