Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
smooth calf binding
A full calfskin binding lacking any tooling or other decoration, except for the title in gilt on the spine. This type of binding was popular in the latter 19th and early 20th centuries. See also:
PLAIN BINDING
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