law calf

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Scope note
Smooth-grained, natural- or cream-colored calf, vegetable-tanned, usually with bark, and commonly used in the 19th and early 20th centuries in binding law books, particularly in England. It has been superceded for that use by "law buckram."
law calf
Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024