Roxburghe binding

A form of Roxburgh binding — A style of bookbinding in which the back is plain leather, the sides paper or cloth, the top gilt-edged, and the front and bottom left uncut.

Meanings

nounRoxburghe binding (countable and uncountable, plural Roxburghe bindings)

plural Roxburghe bindings

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of Roxburgh binding.
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