Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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full law binding ( full law sheep )

An obsolete style of binding, applied mainly to law books, and distinguished from other types of law binding in that the books were covered entirely in sheepskin, with lace-in boards and raised bands, and the traditional labels on the spine. See also: LAW CALF . (274 )




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