Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
post-mortem changes
Chemical and structural changes that occur naturally in a hide or skin between the time the animal is slaughtered and the curing or other preservative operation. See also:
PUTREFACTIVE DAMAGE
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