Embellished Manuscripts Collection – serie

The compositions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart continue to inspire music lovers. The ballet score entitled La Chasse, reproduced here, is believed to have been composed in Paris in 1778. Chasing and hunting themes, typically featuring shepherds, shepherdesses, and Cupid frolicking together, were popular motifs of the time.

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) is considered one of the masters of the Italian Renaissance. This handwritten letter demonstrates the refinement and passion of one of the greatest artists humanity has produced. And with the Sistine Chapel’s The Creation of Adam featured on the back cover, the point of creation beautifully bookends this Embellished Manuscript notebook.

Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002) is one of the most widely read children’s book authors in the world. Her books have sold 200 million copies and been translated into more than 100 languages. Reproduced here is Lindgren’s shorthand draft of a Pippi Longstocking story alongside illustrations of Pippi and her unmistakable house on a pink and mint green background.

The compositions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart continue to inspire music lovers. The ballet score entitled La Chasse, reproduced here, is believed to have been composed in Paris in 1778. Chasing and hunting themes, typically featuring shepherds, shepherdesses, and Cupid frolicking together, were popular motifs of the time.

The compositions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart continue to inspire music lovers. The ballet score entitled La Chasse, reproduced here, is believed to have been composed in Paris in 1778. Chasing and hunting themes, typically featuring shepherds, shepherdesses, and Cupid frolicking together, were popular motifs of the time.

Considered one of the masters of the Italian Renaissance, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) produced the finest frescoes and many of the most revered sculptures in the world. He was renowned for his fierce solitude, yet was one of the great chroniclers of the human form.

Considered one of the masters of the Italian Renaissance, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) produced the finest frescoes and many of the most revered sculptures in the world. He was renowned for his fierce solitude, yet was one of the great chroniclers of the human form.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616), long considered the greatest of English writers, left few traces of his handwriting. The banned play Sir Thomas More (1595) was written and revised by five different playwrights, of whom scholars now believe Shakespeare to be one. The handwritten manuscript on this Paperblanks journal cover portrays his passionate defence of refugees and displaced people.

Jules Gabriel Verne (1828–1905) is the author of some of the world’s most famous books and has the rare distinction of being the second most translated author in history. This manuscript box features a page from Verne’s handwritten draft of his masterpiece Around the World in Eighty Days.?

Jules Verne (1828–1905) is the author of some of the world’s most famous books, including TwentyThousand Leagues Under the Sea. Our Jules Verne Embellished Manuscript design pays tribute to this godfather of science fiction by reproducing one of his most celebrated works.

A man as tormented as he was beloved, Oscar Wilde used his experiences to form brilliant, if controversial, literary works, including The Importance of Being Earnest. He is remembered as one of the most influential writers of the Victorian era.

A man as tormented as he was beloved, Oscar Wilde used his experiences to form brilliant, if controversial, literary works, including The Importance of Being Earnest. He is remembered as one of the most influential writers of the Victorian era.

Considered one of the masters of the Italian Renaissance, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) produced the finest frescoes and many of the most revered sculptures in the world. He was renowned for his fierce solitude, yet was one of the great chroniclers of the human form.

English writer Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Gothic horror novel, Frankenstein, considered to be one of the first works of science fiction, tells of a scientist who creates a sentient being in a morality-pushing experiment. Today, her handwritten draft is held at Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford.

Considered one of the masters of the Italian Renaissance, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) produced the finest frescoes and many of the most revered sculptures in the world. He was renowned for his fierce solitude, yet was one of the great chroniclers of the human form.

Antoni Gaudí was a Spanish architect who was known as a leading figure in Modernism. His style is characterized by the depiction of organic forms and extraordinary mosaics. Reproduced here is the Manuscrito de Reus alongside mosaics from his iconic salamander sculpture and an image of the Basilica de le Sagrada Familia.

Antoni Gaudí was a Spanish architect who was known as a leading figure in Modernism. His style is characterized by the depiction of organic forms and extraordinary mosaics. Reproduced here is the Manuscrito de Reus alongside mosaics from his iconic salamander sculpture and an image of the Basilica de le Sagrada Familia.

Considered one of the masters of the Italian Renaissance, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) produced the finest frescoes and many of the most revered sculptures in the world. He was renowned for his fierce solitude, yet was one of the great chroniclers of the human form.

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) is a classic of children’s literature that has become one of the most translated books in the world. His unmistakable illustrations and the tale’s collective ideas on the human condition continue to captivate and inspire imagination in readers of every age.

Jane Austen’s Persuasion (1818) is the author’s most biting and ironic work. In the novel, Austen gives us a satisfying love story while also turning a critical gaze on the kinds of persuasion enforced on young women. Here we have reproduced a rare surviving manuscript page from the story’s eleventh chapter.

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) is a classic of children’s literature that has become one of the most translated books in the world. His unmistakable illustrations and the tale’s collective ideas on the human condition continue to captivate and inspire imagination in readers of every age.

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) is a classic of children’s literature that has become one of the most translated books in the world. His unmistakable illustrations and the tale’s collective ideas on the human condition continue to captivate and inspire imagination in readers of every age.

Jane Austen’s Persuasion (1818) is the author’s most biting and ironic work. In the novel, Austen gives us a satisfying love story while also turning a critical gaze on the kinds of persuasion enforced on young women. Here we have reproduced a rare surviving manuscript page from the story’s eleventh chapter.