RAFFLES 1819 A6 Portrait Notebook Cover ( SG Bicentennial Collection ) passport sleeve

RAFFLES 1819 A6 Portrait Notebook Cover ( SG Bicentennial Collection ) passport sleeveARKADEMIE launched the SINGAPORE BICENTENNIAL Collection on the 6th February 2019, exactly 200 years the Singapore Treaty was signed between Sir Stamford Raffles, Sultan Hussein and Temenggong, establishing the first British Settlement in Singapore. The map image on the cover is inspired by the very first map of the Singapore Harbour drawn by Captain Daniel Ross, a hydrographer accompanying Sir Stamford Raffles, in February 1819 prior to the signing

the sashiko stitching techniques were developed in the rural north of Japan

Fits most brands of perfect-bound and saddle-stitched spine A6 soft-cover plain journals

ensures durability and flexibility of the sleeve

This journal features a laser-etched quote in a letter by Sir Stamford Raffles written to the Marquess of Hastings in 12th August 1820

hand saddle-stitched using waxed threads onto cover

Comes with 7-card holders cover which can hold a note pad

Duration of manufacture: 1 week

buffalo hide leather traveller's journal and notebook sleeve in A6 portrait format

Custom-made

Left flap comes with a pouch and two card holders

Fabriano and Traveler's Notebook

and subsequently donated it to the Royal Asiatic Society in London in 1827