A commonplace book is a personal compilation of knowledge, ideas, quotations, and observations collected by an individual. It is a notebook or journal where one gathers and organizes information from various sources for future reference and reflection.  They are more like a database than a diary.

In the past many people used commonplace books as a way to order their ideas and make them easy to refer back to. Each entry was classified and ordered by subject and category- making them a useful way for scientists and scholars to take notes.

DESCRIPTION

This full leather binding is filled with British-made cartridge paper suitable for use with inks and pencil.

The front and rear covers both feature a Cambridge style panel made beautiful leather onlays, the borders tooled in gold. In the centre is a golden bird. The spine has three raised bands, two gold tooled leather labels, and an elephant, a whale and harp, all tooled in gold. 

INSIDE

The book contains 236 pages of heavy text-weight cartridge paper suitable for drawing and writing in inks and pencil. The top and tail of the book block feature hand sewn headbands in blue and yellow.

DETAILS 

• LayFlat design - allows this book to open fully without causing any structual damage making it completely usable in the field or studio for years.
• Covers - Full leather
• Foredges - Deckled
• Endpapers - Plain
• Paper Inside - Cartridge paper
• Size - 7¾ x 6 inches, 197 x 155 mm
• Page Count - 236

HANDMADE IN SCOTLAND TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD