Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

Table of Contents

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• L
• label
• label paper
• lac
• lace binding
• laced on
• laces
• lacework
• lacing
• lacing-in
• lacquer
• lacquered bindings
• lactic acid
• lacuna
• laid lines
• laid mold
• laid paper
• lake
• lambskin
• laminate
• laminated board
• laminating film
• lamination
• lampblack
• landscape
• landscape binding
• landscape gilding
• lanolin
• lapis-lazuli
• large paper copy
• last fold
• lateral porosity
• latex
• lattice stamp
• law binding
• law buckram
• law calf
• law sheep
• law skiver
• law super
• lay bands
• lay cords
• lay down
• laying-away
• laying-bye
• laying-on
• lay on
• layout
• leaching
• leaf
• leafcasting
• leaflet
• leather
• leatherboard
• leather bound
• leather cloth
• leather defects
• leather dressings
• leatherette
• leather fillers
• leather flyleaf
• leather gauge
• leather glove
• leather hinges
• leather marble
• leatheroid
• leather substance table
• leaves
• lecithin
• lederschnitt bindings
• ledger binding
• ledger paper
• legal buckram
• Legrain, Pierre
• Leighton, Archibald
• lemon
• lemon oil
• length of the book
• lengthwise lettering
• lens tissue
• Lesné, François A.D.
• less-used materials specifications
• lettering
• lettering pallet
• lettering size
• letter piece
• letterpress
• letterpress binding
• letterpress printing
• levant
• levant marble
• levers
• library binding
• Library Binding Institute
• library buckram
• library corners
• library edition
• library sewing
• library stamp
• library style book
• library style endpaper
• lift
• lifting
• light fast
• light Italian marble
• lignin
• lime blast
• limed rawhide
• lime fleshing
• lime liquor
• lime slaking
• liming
• limited edition
• limp binding
• limp suede
• limp vellum
• linen
• linen buckram
• linen paper
• Liner.
• liner and headbanding machine
• line tool
• lining
• lining paper
• lining skiver
• link sewing
• linotype
• linseed oil
• linson
• linters
• lipped
• list of signatures
• lithograph paper
• lithopone
• Little Gidding bindings
• lizarding
• lizard skin
• load
• loading
• localized watermark
• locks
• lock stitch
• Lofton-Merritt stain
• logwood
• Longepierre, Hilaire Bernard de Requeleyne, Baron de
• long-fibered Japanese tissue
• long fold
• long way
• look-through
• looping machine
• loose back
• loose-leaf binding
• loose section
• lop-sided
• lower cover
• lower edge
• lozenge
• l pattern
• Ludlow
• lump
• Lumspecs
• lw pattern
• lying flat
• lying press
• Lyonnaise style