Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
case-hardening
An irregular, distorted (drawn) grain in a leather, usually accompanied by hardness and thinness of the leather itself. It is caused primarily by over-tanning. See:
OVER-TANNED
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