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doublure
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doublure [dəˈblʊə (French) dublyr]
n
(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a decorative lining of vellum or leather, etc., on the inside of a book cover
[from French: lining, from Old French doubler to make double]

doublure
the lining of the covers of a book, often decorated, as with marbled papers, gold tooiing at the edges, etc.
See also: Books


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] Islamic bindings often had doublures (linings) of paper, leather or fabric pasted onto the inner face of the upper and lower boards and overlapping the adjacent flyleaf" (Turner 1996: 356).
 
 
 
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