Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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French kid ( French finish )

A kidskin produced by either tawing or a vegetable tannage. As the name implies, it was produced originally in France and, because of its distinctive finish, the term was later applied to the same kind of leather produced elsewhere. (325 )




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