Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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1. The impression formed by a ROLL (1) cut in relief in which the sunken part of the leather forms the design. 2. A type of watermarking with aDANDY ROLL . Also called "shadow watermark. See: WATERMARK .




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