cuir ciselén.
Used attributively of a form of decoration on book-bindings in which a design is cut into the leather by means of a pointed tool.
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1933 Library Mar. 337 (title) Some cuir-ciselé book~bindings in English libraries.
1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Nov. 732/2 One [blind-stamped binding] is from southern Spain, dating from about 1480, with a cuir ciselé design.
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