Morocco binding

Morocco bindings are expensively made of a goatskin hand-processed to show up the grain of the leather, which is glazed and polished. Originally made of goatskin from Moroccan goats, such bindings are now made mainly of Cape goatskin from South Africa. Since the skin is very thick, the leather must be pounded to make it thinner before it can be made into bookbindings. Its toughness makes morocco leather one of the best materials for bookcovers. Morocco is particularly important for the making of bibliophile editions, art books, etc, because it can be exquisitely worked and is extremely well suited for use as a ground for hand-tooling or stamping in gold. Further, since morocco leather is subjected to a special tanning process (using sumach), it takes on vegetable dyes particularly well so that saturated hues can be achieved in it.

Sold lots

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Sale 289 - Nov. 22/23., 04
Lot 61
1660
9,360 EUR / 13,291 $ sold
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Baudelaire, C.

Sale 294 - May 23/24., 05
Lot 1905

6,552 EUR / 9,303 $ sold
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Melanchthon, P.

Sale 328 - Nov. 19/20., 07
Lot 7
1565
3,600 EUR / 5,112 $ sold
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Sale 305 - Nov. 13/14., 06
Lot 84
1800
3,332 EUR / 4,731 $ sold
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Schmidt

Sale 305 - Nov. 13/14., 06
Lot 1650
1926
2,856 EUR / 4,055 $ sold
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Uzanne, Octave

Sale 294 - May 23/24., 05
Lot 1110
1887
2,223 EUR / 3,156 $ sold
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Sale 301 - May 22/23., 06
Lot 1397
Wood engraving 1840
2,261 EUR / 3,210 $ sold
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Hardouin de Perefix

Sale 301 - May 22/23., 06
Lot 1424
1822
2,142 EUR / 3,041 $ sold
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Sterne, L.

Sale 309 - May 21/22., 07
Lot 81
1884
2,040 EUR / 2,896 $ sold
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Sale 301 - May 22/23., 06
Lot 1327
Lithograph in colours 1864
1,785 EUR / 2,534 $ sold
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