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COMMONPLACE BOOK 120 X 165 - DECOUPAGE (WILLIAM MORRIS ROSE)


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COMMONPLACE BOOK 120 X 165 - DECOUPAGE (WILLIAM MORRIS ROSE)


120 x 165 mm 

Journal with plain pages, 240 sides of 110 gsm smooth ivory paper. 

Covers are a  layered hand decorated paper made using a technique inspired by découpage, on a base of vintage printed paper from  C19th printed book. The paper was and created by Magalie Briand, of Brilliant Magpie Bookbinding


Commonplace Books are a very purposeful way of using a journal, or giving one as a gift. They have been used since the Fifteenth Century, the idea being to record passages of text, poems, quotations, recipes, reading lists, drawings, sayings, family turns of phrase, calligraphy, aspirations  - any words of perceived wisdom or personal significance -  all making up a memoir of the author’s interests over a number of years. All sorts of famous people have kept Commonplace Books including John Milton, Napoleon Bonaparte, Lewis Carroll and Virginia Woolf.  A brief note about the history and use of Commonplace Books is enclosed with the book. 


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