A special edition in always beautiful notebook

The Moleskine notebook is Lhéritier the legendary notebook of artists, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Hemingway, and Bruce Chatwin dErnest.
As can be read in the little note which tells the story of the books, the "moleskine" is behind a simple black book, produced by a small French factory in Tours, and sold in Parisian bookstores forefront International. This is how this traveling companion became the favorite medium of notes, sketches, stories and other ideas of great artists.
Notebooks became the object particular favorite of Bruce Chatwin, who appointed the "Moleskin" (mole skin). Sadly, after over 100 years of production, the manufacturer closed its factory and then become the notebooks found. Before leaving for Australias, Chatwin acquired all copies that he still could find.

Cest in 1997 quun small Milanese publisher resurrects the legendary notebook and gives it this literary name, to revive an extraordinary tradition.

It has been imitated or challenged by Quo Vadis and its famous habana, Indiary (for those who like leather), Leuchtturm 1917 (you find on Amazon, too, the pages are numbered unlike Moleskine and 8 pages are perforated and detachable) and many others like Piccadilly and Fiorentina, but moleskin remains one of the best books: the book opens easily, the lined paper is nice and pen glides onto.

The special editions like Star Wars or Bilbo give an original touch to these great classics and recall that was primarily a Moleskine notebook for artists and writers