Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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reds

A thick, reddish sludge deposited by certain vegetable tannins when diluted and allowed to stand. The sludge stems from part of the phlobaphenes found in plant materials which yield the condensed tannins. Cf: BLOOM . See also: RED DECAY . (298 )




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