The 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.

• Width: 130mm (5")
• Height: 180mm (7")
• Depth: 26mm (1")

The 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.

• Width: 180mm (7")
• Height: 230mm (9")
• Depth: 22mm (¾")
• 144 pages 

Capturing 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.

• Width: 130mm (5")
• Height: 180mm (7")
• Depth: 13mm (½")
• 176 pages 

The 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.

• Width: 100mm (4")
• Height: 140mm (5½")
• Depth: 24mm (1")
• 208 pages 

The 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.

• Width: 210mm (8¼")
• Height: 300mm (11¾")
• Depth: 30mm (1¼")
• 240 pages 

Johann 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.

• Width: 180mm (7")
• Height: 230mm (9")
• Depth: 30mm (1¼")
• 240 pages 

Our 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.

• Width: 180mm (7")
• Height: 230mm (9")
• Depth: 20mm (¾")
• 144 pages 

The 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.

• Width: 95mm (3¾")
• Height: 140mm (5½")
• Depth: 30mm (1¼")

This 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.

Jean 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.

• Width: 95mm (3¾")
• Height: 140mm (5½")
• Depth: 30mm (1¼")
• 240 pages