Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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scored calf

A calfskin subjected to an embossing process (subsequent to the covering of the book) so as to produce on the grain surface an indented effect that was supposed to simulate straight-grained morocco. This type of embossing was popular in England from about 1800 to 1830. (69 )




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