The cover is very classy and eignent very well for them look to older and valuable. I bought the book in order to write in my devised mythical creatures and to describe. Thus, it acts as if it were a real and very old book with beings who have lived a long time ago or perhaps even still live hidden in unertastbaren places. The thick pages let Scripture does not shine through, so no comic impressions occur even when both sides labeled the pages. The book has my full satisfaction and I am happy to have bought it.