Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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A term applied to horsehides principally to distinguish the forepart of the hide from the butt or hind portion which contains the SHELL from which CORDOVAN LEATHER is produced. A whole "front" represents about two-thirds of the area of the hide. (97 )




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