BLUE LUXE UNLINED GUEST BOOK

The elaborate gold tooling and regal blue tones of this Blue Luxe design provide a sumptuous look to this guestbook, ideal for home use or special occasions.

The original book, crafted in the heart of Amsterdam in 1715, was bound in goatskin with elaborate gold tooling. Contained inside the volume was the Oratio Dominica (Lord’s Prayer) in almost 150 languages and dialects, many of which are rendered both in Latin transliteration and in their original scripts, engraved in the text or as folding plates. Compiled by English courtier John Chamberlayne, the document created was of global appeal. The second part of the original volume contained nine remarkable articles on typefaces and languages, including the first publication ever of De Variis Linguis by the great German philosopher and polymath G.W. Leibniz.

The intricate details of this design reflect the tapestry of cultures in its original pages. The translations spanned from Europe and Asia to Arabia, Persia, Syria and Turkey. Chamberlayne, who was a writer and translator, spoke 16 languages himself. 

Let the many cultures that once lived within this 18th-century binding inspire you against Blue Luxe’s opulent backdrop.

• Landscape format: 225mm x 180mm
• 144 unlined pages
• Durable Smyth sewn binding
• 100% recycled binder boards
• 120gsm Acid-free FSC-certified sustainable forest paper
• Edge printed
• Ribbon marker