Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
leather fillers
Substances, such as starch paste, isinglass, etc., used to fill the pores of leather before gilding, so as to cause the gold leaf to adhere better. The filler helps keep the glair on the surface of the leather. (
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