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

The covers area traditional Italian design. (Falling cubes) 

Apologies if the image quality is poor in this listing - be assured that the spine lettering is perfectly clear and not smudgy as it appears in some of the photographs. 

120 x 165 mm 

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. 

(Painted roses)