Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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pictorial calf bindings

Bookbindings produced in the early 19th century, executed by painting the leather a brown or black color, generally by means of acid, or by transferring a decoration to the leather from copperplate prints. See also: PAINTED BINDINGS .




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