Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf.

A smooth high quality type of leather used for binding

Calfskin with a smooth finished used in binding. It may be decorated in various ways by mottling and staining. Tree calf is a stained calf with a painted grain.

The most common leather used in book binding. It has a smooth grainless finish and can be dyed almost any colour.

book binding leather from a calf hide.

The most common leather used for binding books, made from the hide of a calf.

fine leather from the skin of a calf

Leather from the hide of a calf, one of the most common type of leather used in bookbinding

the most common bookbinding leather, smooth textured and capable of taking most dyes.