Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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pin seal

1. A leather produced from the skin of a baby or very young seal. It has a much finer grain and a more lustrous finish than the usual sealskin. 2. A very small, fine-grained leather effect resembling the natural grain of a young seal. (156 , 256 )




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