Paperblanks Alluvium Midi Hardback Journal – Lined, 240 Pages

Capture your ideas, plans and memories in this Alluvium midi hardback journal from Paperblanks, with 240 lined pages of 120 gsm acid-free paper.

Our Alluvium cover, with its rippling embellishment suggestive of water running over the rocks below, comes from a book originally published in Basel, Switzerland. Basel is famous not just as a cultural centre, but also for its location on the banks of the River Rhine. Like a river, this cover has a long and winding history.

The Story Behind the Design

In a river’s sinuous progress, we can see glints of the evolution of civilisation. This journal, with its rippling, golden embellishment suggestive of water’s movement, comes from a book originally published in Basel, Switzerland, where the Swiss, German and French borders meet. Basel is famous not just as a cultural centre, including its many theatres and museums, but also for its location on the banks of the River Rhine.

Like the Rhine, this cover has a long and winding history that intersects with that of Europe. Originally bound in red calfskin, it was published in 1729 by Johann Rudolph and Emanuel Thurneysen, a renowned bookbinding duo collectively known as the “Thurneysen fratres” (Thurneysen brothers). The book itself is named Tossani’s Bible after Paul Tossanus, a Huguenot minister whose controversial 1617 translation of Luther’s Bible was held within.

The colour and pattern of our Alluvium design are suggestive of the relentless movement of water over the rock and sediment below, reminding us that resistance to change in matters great and small must give way to the graceful acceptance of inevitability.

• Original artwork: Tossani’s Bible binding
• Era: 1792
• Region: Basel, Switzerland

Product Details

• Size: Midi – 130 × 180 × 30 mm
• Interior: Lined
• Pages: 240 (120 sheets)
• Paper: 120 gsm acid-free cream laid paper
• Cover: Hardback
• Closure: Decorative metal clasp
• Binding: Smyth sewn – lies flat and stays durable
• Edge printing: Yes
• Corners: Rounded
• Pouch: Memento pouch
• Design: Alluvium
• Series: River Cascade
• Satin ribbon marker
• 100% recycled binder boards
• Decorative printed cover paper
• Endpaper with credit and copyright information as well as historical background for the original artwork
• Threaded stitching and glue, as needed
• Acid-free paper
• Memento pouch
• Weight: 294 g
• Product code: PB3236-6 | ISBN: 9781439732366

About Paperblanks

Paperblanks works with museums, libraries, galleries and artists around the world to faithfully reproduce remarkable artwork, historic bindings and treasured manuscripts. Every book is made to last, with binder boards crafted from 100% recycled materials, and the back endpaper tells the fascinating story behind the cover design and credits its creators.