Morocco Grain
The
term morocco refers to a type of goatskin leather
used for bookbinding. Morocco-grain cloth bears similar
markings
and was one of the earliest grain patterns used in book-cloth.
British manufacturers first advertised this style of cloth
in 1830.
The PBO database includes books bound
in morocco-grain book-cloth dating back to 1833.
Click
here to search for books bound with
morocco-grain cloth.
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pba00023
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Popular account of the manners and customs of
India (1847) |
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pba00149
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Autobiography of Peter Cartwright, the backwoods
preacher (1857) |
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pbw00697
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Amerikanisches garten-buch für stadt und land (1892) |
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pbw00697
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Amerikanisches garten-buch für stadt und land (1892) |
Sources:
Gaskell, Philip. A New Introduction
to Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press,
1995.
Greenfield, Jane. ABC of Bookbinding:
A Unique Glossary with Over 700 Illustrations for
Collectors & Librarians. New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press, 2002.
Sadleir, Michael. The Evolution of
Publisher’s Binding Styles, 1700-1900. New
York. Garland Pub., 1990, 1930.
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