Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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buffalo

A leather produced in imitation of RUSSIA LEATHER , but of far greater strength than the genuine leather. It is made from the hide of the large, shaggy-maned North American ox, Bison bison, and was used extensively in covering books in the United States in the latter half of the 19th century.




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