n. [ From the third duke of Roxburgh (Scotland), a noted book collector who had his books so bound. ] A style of bookbinding in which the back is plain leather, the sides paper or cloth, the top gilt-edged, but the front and bottom left uncut. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From the third duke of Roxburgh (Scotland), a noted book collector who had his books so bound. ] A style of bookbinding in which the back is plain leather, the sides paper or cloth, the top gilt-edged, but the front and bottom left uncut. [ 1913 Webster ]