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The archetype of the appealing anti-hero is encapsulated in Gil Blas, the star of Alain-René Lesage’s 18th-century picaresque novel. Lesage’s work was influenced by the story Lazarillo de Tormes…

Behold the majesty of the ancient cathedral of Ely! This striking notebook design comes from the 1830 cover of James Bentham's The History and Antiquities of the Conventual and Cathedral Church of…

Inside the majestic Chateau de Chantilly is the Musee Conde, a unique piece of French history that has sat virtually unchanged since opening in 1897. Within its halls lie vast collections of prints,…

Formaat UltraMaatBreedte: 175 mm (6¾")Hoogte: 230 mm (9")Diepte: 18 mm (¾")Binnenkant gevoerdRuimte tussen lijnen 8,11 mmRegels per pagina 25Aantal…

The dramatic art tradition of opera traces its roots to the earliest periods of ancient China. During the Tang Dynasty (618-907), the Emperor Taizong founded an opera school called Liyuan (Pear…

This Baroque-inspired cover comes from a 1725 binding of The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio, a masterpiece of Italian literature. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) was an Italian writer and poet who…

Paperblanks Flexis are a sophisticated new line of softcover notebooks featuring a flexible cover and spine, two page count options, satin ribbon marker, back cover pouch and a variety of cover…

Showcasing silk dyed with beni (the pigment extracted from safflower petals) and lacquered in gold, this kimono design dates to the Edo period (1615-1868). It was originally used as a costume for the…

Stap binnen in de zeldzame boekencollectie van de KB, sinds 1798 de Koninklijke Bibliotheek van Nederland. De bibliotheekcollectie herdenkt en deelt geschreven werken van Nederlandse…

Deze agenda voor 2024 in Engelse uitvoering heeft een harde kaft met een glimmend vintage dessin. De agenda loopt van 1 januari t/m 31 december 2024. - Verticale indeling van 7 dagen per 2…

Dit boeiende beeld komt uit de eerste editie van The Violet Fairy Book van de Schotse dichter en antropoloog Andrew Lang. Samengesteld in 1901 door Lang en geïllustreerd door Henry Justice Ford, was…

This striking Art Deco design comes from the celebrated British bookbinder Sybil Pye (1879–1959). It was crafted to hold a collection of William Wordsworth’s poems illustrated by Pye’s lifelong…

Our Safavid Indigo design reproduces a leather filigree pattern incorporating handtooled motifs, retaining the elegance and style of the Islamic Golden Age even in our modern context. Originally…

The Duomo di Milano represents the pinnacle of Italian Gothic architecture. The drawing recreated here is part of a series proposed by the architect Paolo Cesa Bianchi for the decoration of the…

Ukiyo-e - pictures of the floating world - is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints and paintings that date to the Edo period (1603-1868). The kimono print that inspired this book cover was created by…

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm popularized today’s most enduring fairy tales. “The Frog Prince or Iron Henry” was the first tale in the 1812 edition of Grimms’ Fairy Tales (Kinder- und Hausmärchen). We are…

The archetype of the appealing anti-hero is encapsulated in Gil Blas, the star of Alain-René Lesage’s 18th-century picaresque novel. Lesage’s work was influenced by the story Lazarillo de Tormes…

Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) was a French painter who is regarded as one of the greatest of the post-Impressionists. Terracotta Pots and Flowers saw Cézanne enter a new era of still life painting. Here…

This glorious design comes from Sangorski…

De kaft van dit lichtgewicht notitieboek is vervaardigd uit flexibel, zacht maar stevig materiaal. Hierdoor krijgt het boek meer mobiliteit voor dagelijks gebruik. De duurzame binding is genaaid…

Urban Glam. Taking their slightly sullen cues from previous artistic movements, the New Romantics of the 1980s brought their hairstyles and attitudes to new prominence. Our Urban Glam guest book…

Guiseppe Verdi’s (1813–1901) instincts for finding the right material led him to create works that virtually define the general public’s understanding of opera, such as Aida and Rigoletto. Featured…