This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 80 gsm Mohawk Superfine archival paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page. The book’s leaves are decorated on recto, featuring vintage display advertising cuts that were printed using our 1882 Golding Pearl #1 printing press.
This book’s endbands and bookmark are French goatskin. Its boards are wrapped in hand-marbled paper from il Papiro in Florence, Italy that has been over-written with the words of an 18th Century French love letter, and the book is half-clothed in Dubletta book cloth from the Netherlands.
The talisman in this book is a 1976, 20 lira Italian coin featuring an oak leaf cluster which symbolizes strength, longevity, and prosperity.
This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 80 gsm Mohawk Superfine archival paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page. The book’s leaves are decorated on recto, featuring vintage display advertising cuts that were printed using our 1882 Golding Pearl #1 printing press.
This book’s endbands and bookmark are French goatskin. Its boards are wrapped in hand-marbled paper from il Papiro in Florence, Italy that has been over-written with the words of an 18th Century French love letter, and the book is half-clothed in Dubletta book cloth from the Netherlands.
The talisman in this book is a 1976, 20 lira Italian coin featuring an oak leaf cluster which symbolizes strength, longevity, and prosperity.