More information on less commonly used animal skins and leathers can be found in Section 10.5.įig. Other hides, such as larger and smaller mammals, reptiles, fish, and even humans, have been experimented at one time or another for bookbinding materials, though none are found in collections in great quantities, nor do they match the traditional sources in durability and utility for their purpose. These have been selected through the years for this purpose due to the workability of the final leather product for the needs of bookbinders, but also due to their ideal size to cover a complete quarto. Calf, pig, sheep, and goat hides are the most traditional sources of bookbinding leather. While almost any hide from a vertebrate can be tanned, a select few species of animal are commonly used for bookbinding. Other materials made from animal skins, such as parchment and raw-hide, degrade if repeatedly wet (Roy Thomson 2011c). Sources of Leather Ī main attribute of leather is its resistance to purification even if kept wet. 7.7 Historic and contemporary coatings and consolidants.7.4 Consolidation, Repairing, Stabilization, Structural Treatments.
7 Conservation treatments for leather bindings.
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