A Venetian morning is alight with marvels. From sunlight sparkling on water to the startling hues of incomparable architecture, Venice enchants the eye from first light to last gloaming. We have captured some of the splendid daybreak palette of the...
Inside the original 1910 version of our Daphnis & Chloe journal cover design lay one of the oldest and most effortlessly romantic stories ever written. This gilt and crushed levant morocco binding by Émile-Philippe Mercier contained Jacques Amyot’s French translation of...
Original Artwork: Missale Sacri Ordinis Praedicatorum, published by Octavio Puccinelli Era: 1789 Region: Rome If you are celestially minded or a lover of dark light, these ethereal journals are sure to inspire and enchant. With their central star shape, Nox, Astra and Solis...
Is there any fabric more imbued with cultural associations than lace? A piece of delicate white lace conjures up thoughts of weddings, christenings and other ceremonial occasions. Now cast your eye to the bit of black lace and thoughts turn...
Emergence: The Dance of Life Whether from featureless egg to finned glory, or limbless larvae to winged fancy, all beings must emerge and transform during their life cycle. The natural world thrums with dramas like the wee chick fighting her way...
Le Gascon Mystique Original Artwork: Red Moroccan leather book binding Era: First half of the 17th century Region: La Rochelle, France This cover is inspired by an original design attributed to Le Gascon, a legendary but little-known seventeenth-century bookbinder. Le Gascon was the inventor...
Conjuring the magical sense of an autumnal orchestra, these covers are based on the work of Henri Francois Victor Marius Michel (1846–1925), who, along with his father, Jean Michel (1821–1890), founded the 20th-century French school of binding. Marius Michel’s genius involved...
At Paperblanks® we believe that the simple, crucial act of producing books makes us part of a circle in which new realities can be born. Evolving from perception to fact, fact to truth and truth to reality, we experience an...
Rococo-style artwork is often dismissed as being florid and without substance. However, we’d like to revive this 18th-century style and celebrate it for offering, quite simply, decorativeness as its own reward. The Rococo style offered a rebellion against the strict artistic...
If you love this classic pattern as much as we do, you will go stark raving plaid for our trendy, yet timeless, Mad for Plaid series! Everyone has an idea about plaid – it’s undeniably classy yet associated with the smoke-filled...