Alphabetica Handmade Italian Leather Journal

Description

This wonderful journal – one of our personal favorites – is made in Florence using traditional tools and techniques to emboss and intricately detail the rich, deep brown leather cover using real 23 karat gold leaf.

• Handmade in Italy
• Color: Deep Brown
• Size: 6 x 8 .6″
• Cream-colored, lined pages
  • 23 karat gilded edge

The leather used to make this journal is of superior quality. The journal is 100% handmade in Florence Italy. Each letter of the alphabet A-M is intricately hand tooled. When the tooling is complete the cover is handbound, hand-dyed and 23 karat gold leafed, followed by a final, antiquing hand finish (after the pages are bound in). No part of the process involves machines!

Inside are 256 pages (128 sheets) each measuring 5.5 x 8.25 inches. The interior journal’s pages are of an exceptional quality, heavyweight 5 mil caliper, acid-balanced, low-lignin Italian milled paper. The milling process is a traditional fine papermaking method, yielding a rich cream colored paper that accepts ink well.

Each page is lined with 30 rules and is printed with a faint giglio Fiorentino, the official symbol of Florence, Italy where these journals are handmade. The Giglio symbol closely resembles the French fleur-de-lis, which is said to be a cross between a lily and an iris.