Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1917 — Cod-Skin for Book Covers. [ARTICLE]

Cod-Skin for Book Covers.

According to the Weser Zeltung (Bremen), a Berlin bookbinder has discovered TTew material for "bookbinding—codfish skin —fl doubly-wel-come discovery In these days of leather shortage. In itself the use of fish skin for book-binding is no novelty; among others, shark leather had previously been used for binding de luxe for the sake of Its durability and beautiful markings. Cod-skin has several advantages over shark-skin; It is more abundant, more easily procurable, and, therefore, cheaper. The appearance of the skin, nnscnled and proDorly prepttroiff, resembles snake’s skin. Its strength and durability have been_tested and found equal to parchment by the royal material-testing office in Berlin. It is easy to work and literally untearable, and should therefore prove a very valuable substitute for leather, not only for bookbindery, but for the manufacture of leather goods.