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 full leather binding filled with vintage handmade paper. The cover is highly decorated with gold tooling and leather onlays. 

Leather onlays are micro-thin (approx 0.2mm) pieces of coloured and shaped leather adhered to the cover of a book, usually differing in color, grain, or both from the main covering leather. These are tooled in gold leaf, to create a pattern or an image. 

Inside, this book features metal printed Dutch Gilt endpapers.

This book is housed in a bespoke box covered with more Dutch Gilt paper and lined with hand printed and coloured floral paper made on antique, text-printed handmade paper. 

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

This paper is perfect for use with inks, pencil and light watercolour washes.

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: 2 x 3 inches inches

PAGES: 252

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.