Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
mahogany marble
A "tree marble" produced by sprinkling black and brown coloring, mainly the former, on the covers of a book, and when dry, coating the entire cover several times with red coloring. See also:
TREE CALF
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