Transatlantique

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This archival, hand-sewn travel journal is made from Strathmore all cotton rag, 80 gsm paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts and discovered in Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.

This book is half-leathered in red, and its boards are covered with details from a 1949 map of Europe.Its endbands are red, gold and green silk, and its bookmark is tri-colored grosgrain ribbon.

Treasure binding began with monks in the 6th Century who would encrust volumes with jewels. During the Renaissance, there was a resurgence in treasure binding. This is a contemporary revival of the treasure binding in which a lucky charm has been embedded in the cover of this book.  

The talisman in this book is a1924, 50 centimes coin from France, featuring Mercury, the god of commerce.  Whether you are sailing to Europe this summer in fact or in fantasy, this travel journal will take you back in time.

This book is roughly 6 x 9” with a few more than 150 blank pages.

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This archival, hand-sewn travel journal is made from Strathmore all cotton rag, 80 gsm paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts and discovered in Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.

This book is half-leathered in red, and its boards are covered with details from a 1949 map of Europe.Its endbands are red, gold and green silk, and its bookmark is tri-colored grosgrain ribbon.

Treasure binding began with monks in the 6th Century who would encrust volumes with jewels. During the Renaissance, there was a resurgence in treasure binding. This is a contemporary revival of the treasure binding in which a lucky charm has been embedded in the cover of this book.  

The talisman in this book is a1924, 50 centimes coin from France, featuring Mercury, the god of commerce.  Whether you are sailing to Europe this summer in fact or in fantasy, this travel journal will take you back in time.

This book is roughly 6 x 9” with a few more than 150 blank pages.

This archival, hand-sewn travel journal is made from Strathmore all cotton rag, 80 gsm paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts and discovered in Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.

This book is half-leathered in red, and its boards are covered with details from a 1949 map of Europe.Its endbands are red, gold and green silk, and its bookmark is tri-colored grosgrain ribbon.

Treasure binding began with monks in the 6th Century who would encrust volumes with jewels. During the Renaissance, there was a resurgence in treasure binding. This is a contemporary revival of the treasure binding in which a lucky charm has been embedded in the cover of this book.  

The talisman in this book is a1924, 50 centimes coin from France, featuring Mercury, the god of commerce.  Whether you are sailing to Europe this summer in fact or in fantasy, this travel journal will take you back in time.

This book is roughly 6 x 9” with a few more than 150 blank pages.