Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
full grain
A leather having the original grain surface exposed by removal of the epidermis, and with none of the grain surface removed by
BUFFING (1)
,
SNUFFING
, or
SPLITTING (1)
. See also:
CORRECTED GRAIN
.
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