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==Resources and Citations==
 
== Sources Checked for Data in Record ==


* Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, ''Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology'', U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
* Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, ''Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology'', U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982


* Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000
* Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000






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Latest revision as of 17:31, 20 September 2022

Description

A general name for waxes that are produced by insects.

See beeswax, lac wax, creosote lac wax, and Chinese insect wax.

Synonyms and Related Terms

cera de insectos (Esp.); cera cinese (It); cera d'insetti (It); spermaceti vegetale (It)

Comparisons

Properties of Natural Waxes

Resources and Citations

  • Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982