Paperblanks Notebooks

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.

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• 100% recycled binder boards
• Decorative printed cover paper
• FSC-certified text paper
• Threaded stitching and glue, as needed
• Acid-free sustainable forest paper
• Memento pouch

Mila Marquis’s ethereal, joyous artwork combines sparkling emotion and unashamedly sweet depictions of fairies, fawns and flowers that cajole even the heaviest spirits to soar. Our Joyous Springtime cover recreates an original piece by Marquis that was inspired by the warm first sun rays after a long winter’s sleep.

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• 100% recycled binder boards
• Decorative printed cover paper
• FSC-certified text paper
• Threaded stitching and glue, as needed
• Cloth headbands
• Acid-free sustainable forest paper
• Index page
• Numbered pages

In honour of the great horror classic Dracula by Irish author Bram Stoker (1847-1912), Paperblanks offers a page from Stoker's original 1897 playscript adapted from his novel. This cover shows a piece of the Preface from the galley of proof for his play. The play stayed close to the gothic novel, but the author pared away material from thenarrative to make it more visual.

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• 100% recycled binder boards
• Decorative printed cover paper
• FSC-certified text paper
• Threaded stitching and glue, as needed
• Acid-free sustainable forest paper
• Memento pouch

One can hardly conceive of a plant more conducive to poetry than the aptly named "sensitive plant". The sensitive plant (mimosa pudica), also known as the shy plant or touch-me-not, has leaves that shrink away from the touch. It closes tight in the dark and opens to the light.

The design reproduced on Paperblanks' Poetry in Bloom cover was crafted by Riviere and Son and made with green morocco within fillets of gilt. The centrepiece is a sensitive plant surrounded by chambers containing snowdrops and other richly hued and contrasting flowers, foliage and butterflies. The original binding was used for The Sensitive Plant and Early Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley, which employs the sensitive plant as an emblem for exploring how to find meaning and order in a world that leans toward entropy and chaos.

Product details:

• 100% recycled binder boards
• Decorative printed cover paper
• FSC-certified text paper
• Threaded stitching and glue, as needed
• Acid-free sustainable forest paper
• Memento pouch

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter fascinated by Japanese art and the female form. He was a member of the Vienna Secession, an art movement dedicated to introducing foreign influences into their work.

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907), which took Klimt three years to create, is a stunning example of the Viennese Jugendstil style. With the subject's face emerging from the background like a lucid dream, the portrait is hauntingly beautiful. 

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• 100% recycled binder boards
• Decorative printed cover paper
• FSC-certified text paper
• Threaded stitching and glue, as needed
• Acid-free sustainable forest paper
• Memento pouch

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter fascinated by Japanese art and the female form. He was a member of the Vienna Secession, an art movement dedicated to introducing foreign influences into their work.

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907), which took Klimt three years to create, is a stunning example of the Viennese Jugendstil style. With the subject's face emerging from the background like a lucid dream, the portrait is hauntingly beautiful. 

Product details:

• 100% recycled binder boards
• Decorative printed cover paper
• FSC-certified text paper
• Threaded stitching and glue, as needed
• Acid-free sustainable forest paper
• Memento pouch

Associated with the Islamic Golden Age, the Persian Safavid-style designs represented a high point in the art of the book. The bindings range in style from the simply tooled geometric patterns of the fourteenth century to the complex compositions of the sixteenth century. Symmetry and refinement of line are the hallmarks of these bindings, which feature medallions, a pentagonal envelope flat closure and elaborately decorated doublures (interior covers), exquisite creations in cut-our leather and gilding.

Paperblanks' doublure-inspired book cover portrays a remarkable leather filigree pattern incorporating handtooled motifs that retain an elegance and style even in our modern context.

Product details:

• Decorative printed cover paper
• FSC-certified text paper
• Threaded stitching and glue, as needed
• Cloth headbands
• Acid-free sustainable forest paper
• Flexible cover and spine

One can hardly conceive of a plant more conducive to poetry than the aptly named "sensitive plant". The sensitive plant (mimosa pudica), also known as the shy plant or touch-me-not, has leaves that shrink away from the touch. It closes tight in the dark and opens to the light.

The design reproduced on Paperblanks' Poetry in Bloom cover was crafted by Riviere and Son and made with green morocco within fillets of gilt. The centrepiece is a sensitive plant surrounded by chambers containing snowdrops and other richly hued and contrasting flowers, foliage and butterflies. The original binding was used for The Sensitive Plant and Early Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley, which employs the sensitive plant as an emblem for exploring how to find meaning and order in a world that leans toward entropy and chaos.

Product details:

• Decorative printed cover paper
• FSC-certified text paper
• Threaded stitching and glue, as needed
• Cloth headbands
• Acid-free sustainable forest paper
• Flexible cover and spine

Imagine brilliant, fiery flowers in the sky over Paris. Such is the image conjured by this magnificent binding that originally covered La Déclamation Théâtrale.

La Déclamation, published in 1766, is a didactic poem comprising four songs about the rules governing tragedy, comedy, opera, and dancing. Its author, Claude J. Dorat, was frequently scorned by critics but persisted in producing an explosion of written works. He was rumoured to have ensured the success of his plays by buying up all the seats with his own money and he died, penniless, in 1780. Though his legacy is not that of a major master, one cannot help but admire his incandescent desire to create.

Product details:

• 100% recycled binder boards
• Decorative printed cover paper
• FSC-certified text paper
• Threaded stitching and glue, as needed
• Acid-free sustainable forest paper
• Memento pouch

Imagine brilliant, fiery flowers in the sky over Paris. Such is the image conjured by this magnificent binding that originally covered La Déclamation Théâtrale.

La Déclamation, published in 1766, is a didactic poem comprising four songs about the rules governing tragedy, comedy, opera, and dancing. Its author, Claude J. Dorat, was frequently scorned by critics but persisted in producing an explosion of written works. He was rumoured to have ensured the success of his plays by buying up all the seats with his own money and he died, penniless, in 1780. Though his legacy is not that of a major master, one cannot help but admire his incandescent desire to create.

Product details:

• 100% recycled binder boards
• Decorative printed cover paper
• FSC-certified text paper
• Threaded stitching and glue, as needed
• Acid-free sustainable forest paper
• Memento pouch

Undoubtedly one of the world's greatest painters, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) was an equally accomplished etcher, a pioneer who became a master of the medium. He transformed etching as an art form through technical innovations and the development of his own skills. Extraordinary nuances of shade and detail as well as human emotion sprang from his unique lightness of touch.

Rembrandt's native Dutch landscape often provided him with inspiration, and The Windmill, completed in 1641, is no exception. Originally released as an Embellished Manuscript, Paperblanks is pleased to bring back this design as on of the special editions to honour Rembrandt on the 350th anniversary of his death.

Product details:

• 100% recycled binder boards
• Decorative printed cover paper
• FSC-certified text paper
• Threaded stitching and glue, as needed
• Acid-free sustainable forest paper
• Memento pouch

Undoubtedly one of the world's greatest painters, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) was an equally accomplished etcher, a pioneer who became a master of the medium. He transformed etching as an art form through technical innovations and the development of his own skills. Extraordinary nuances of shade and detail as well as human emotion sprang from his unique lightness of touch.

Rembrandt's native Dutch landscape often provided him with inspiration, and The Windmill, completed in 1641, is no exception. Originally released as an Embellished Manuscript, Paperblanks is pleased to bring back this design as on of the special editions to honour Rembrandt on the 350th anniversary of his death.

Product details:

• 100% recycled binder boards
• Decorative printed cover paper
• FSC-certified text paper
• Threaded stitching and glue, as needed
• Acid-free sustainable forest paper
• Memento pouch