Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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Chinese marble

A type of cover marble, consisting of solid dark brown over the entire leather cover, with whiting in spots or streaks, over which blue and then large spots of red are thrown. The whiting not covered by color is washed off when the covers are dry. (95 )




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