THIS IS A PREVIEW LISTING
This book will be available to purchase on Sunday, May 24  at:
UK 8pm, Berlin 9pm, LA 12pm (midday), NY 3pm.

One of a series of five highly decorative Properly Made Books

THESE BOOKS:

These exhibition standard bindings all feature exquisite gold tooling on leather. 

THIS BOOK

A leather & marbled paper binding, filled with vintage paper, and housed in a marbled paper covered slipcase which is lined with antique text-printed paper.

This binding also features vellum tipped corners made from antique legal documents.

INSIDE: Vintage handmade imitation vellum paper by TH Saunders, dating from the 1950s.

This paper is perfect for use with inks, pencil and watercolour. Being imitation vellum this is particularly useful for calligraphy and botanical watercolour work.

LAYFLAT:

All Properly Made Books are made to open completely flat...

and beyond, opening a full 360 degrees, cover to cover, without causing any damage to the spine and giving complete access to the papery real estate.

SIZE: 5½ x 5 inches

PAGES: 332

IN THE HAND:

ABOUT PROPERLY MADE BOOKS.

Properly Made Books are made over a period of weeks and months.

Imagine how a book was made in the 18th century - this is precisely how our books are crafted. They are bound entirely by hand in Scotland to the absolute highest standard using traditional techniques and only the finest quality materials

All Properly Made Books are LayFlat allowing them to open fully without causing any structual damage and making them completely usable in the field or studio.

Properly Made Books can be found in countless collections around the world including the Met Library in New York City, Harvard and Yale Special Collections, Miami U and many more.

Every Properly Made Book is unique - VPCo never makes the same book twice

MADE ENTIRELY BY HAND IN SCOTLAND

We ship worldwide UK £6, USA £20 $27, Europe £9.50 €11.