16 products
Azure Mid-sized Journal
Regular price $27.95 Save $-27.95The 1688 edition of L’office de la Semaine Sainte, a Latin liturgical book, was protected by a gold-plated leather binding. Reproduced on our Azure journal with a vibrant blue background, the antique design features an elaborate gilt-edged tendril motif.
Grolier Midi Journal
Regular price $27.95 Save $-27.95Jean Grolier was among history’s most discerning book collectors, possessing one of the finest private libraries of his time. His “Last Binder” was the Parisian shop that produced most of his later commissions and was responsible for the gold-tooled, brown leather binding recreated here.
Lindau Journal
Regular price $24.95 Save $-24.95The binding of the Lindau Gospels was designed in the late 8th century to inspire awe when the book was carried in processions or displayed on an altar. This sense of majesty extended even to the back cover, the jewelled design of which is reproduced on our Lindau journal cover.
Black Moroccan Journal
Regular price $17.95 Save $-17.95Capturing the flavour of finely wrought Renaissance-style leather bindings, Paperblanks Black Moroccan softcover notebook pays homage to the craft of delicate gold tooling. The timeless beauty of an antique leather book is brought into the present on the cover of this intricately embellished, rich brown Flexi journal.
Gold Inlay Journal
Regular price $18.95 Save $-18.95The 19th-century binding recreated on our Gold Inlay cover was composed of solid metal covered with a fine layer of gold and engraved by skilled craftsmen. A strong archetype of the German Neo-Renaissance style, the original book design was likely a replica of a 16th-century cover.
Ocean Song Journal
Regular price $19.95 Save $-19.95Laurel Burch’s “Ocean Songs” series, one piece of which is reproduced here, highlights her unmistakable vibrant palette and aqueous brushstrokes. Her original artwork also contained a handwritten poem, which can be seen when you open this journal’s flap.
Poetry in Bloom Journal
Regular price $17.95 Save $-17.95The design reproduced on this cover centres around a sensitive plant surrounded by other richly hued flowers, foliage and butterflies. The binding was used for The Sensitive Plant and Early Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley and is a celebration of the creative spirit.
Nocturnelle Journal
Regular price $36.95 Save $-36.95The Italian Galignani brothers were known for their French Restoration-style bindings, such as the one reproduced here. Originally designed for an 1829 edition of The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore, this gilt-decorated cover retained the structural sturdiness characteristic of the era.
Blush Pink Journal
Regular price $29.95 Save $-29.95Johann Arndt was a German theologian who is now recognized as a forerunner of “pietism,” a popular 17th-century Lutheran movement. This intricate, ornamental binding was originally designed to house the 1697 edition of Arndt’s best-known work, Paradiesgärtlein.
Kikka Journal
Regular price $19.95 Save $-19.95Our Kikka softcover notebook reproduces Michiko Kamee’s “full of chrysanthemum” design originally handpainted with gold overglaze and colour on china by employing Kyo-Satsuma. In this Paperblanks Flexi cover design the viewer can see hints of the kaleidoscope of flowers in bloom, as well as fine boned artistry in every brush stroke and hue.
Aurelia Journal
Regular price $24.99 Save $-24.99Our Aurelia journal design is fit for a king. Its inspiration dates back to Paris in the mid-18th century and the original binding housed copies of King Louis XV’s procedures for Holy Week. This book design is a marvellous riot of gold-tooled rococo elements, featuring birds, flowers and leaves.
Flutterbyes Journal
Regular price $17.95 Save $-17.95Laurel Burch was a self-taught artist who relied on her intuition and passion, speaking from the heart with an unmistakably imaginative style. Based on Laurel Burch’s original “Imagine” butterflies image, Paperblanks Flutterbyes softcover notebook is the perfect Flexi journal to match any joyful lifestyle.
Azure Mini Journal
Regular price $17.95 Save $-17.95The 1688 edition of L’office de la Semaine Sainte, a Latin liturgical book, was protected by a gold-plated leather binding. Reproduced on our Azure journal with a vibrant blue background, the antique design features an elaborate gilt-edged tendril motif.
Violet Fairy Journal
Regular price $18.95 Save $-18.95This captivating image comes from the first edition of Scottish poet and anthropologist Andrew Lang’s The Violet Fairy Book. Compiled in 1901 by Lang and illustrated by Henry Justice Ford, the book was one in a twelve-part series known as Lang’s Fairy Books, with each book named for the colour of its fairy.
Grolier Mini Journal
Regular price $17.95 Save $-17.95Jean Grolier was among history’s most discerning book collectors, possessing one of the finest private libraries of his time. His “Last Binder” was the Parisian shop that produced most of his later commissions and was responsible for the gold-tooled, brown leather binding recreated here.
Subscribe to get special offers, free giveaways, and once-in-a-lifetime deals.