Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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A mottled or grainy LOOK-THROUGH of a paper, especially one produced largely from esparto, caused by the crowding or crushing of the fibers. The term is generally used when the paper displays characteristic small knots caused by over cooking and/or by the wet beating of the pulp. (197 )




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