CLAIREFONTAINE NOTEBOOKS

Walk into any stationery shop in France and you’ll see an extensive array of this company’s beloved notebooks. Clairefontaine manufactures the classic composition book introduced to French schoolchildren in primary school; the notebooks, in various bindings and sizes, then become seemingly indispensable for decades to come.

The company was founded in 1858 in the town of Etival Clairefontaine, 90 km from Strasbourg, in the valley of the Meurthe river. There, the production of paper was to become an important business because of the availability of rags supplied by the local textile industry. In 1880 the company’s paper mill began manufacturing envelopes, soon to be followed by the iconic notebooks.

CLASSIC FRENCH NOTEBOOK

The pages of the basic Clairefontaine notebook are smooth ivory French-milled 90g paper, ruled, acid-free and pH neutral, fountain pen- and marker-friendly. The spine is stapled. Softbound; 6" x 8 ¼"; 48 sheets. Please choose cover color: Green, Blue, Purple, Red, Orange, or Black.

$6.95 each ORIGINAL 1951 NOTEBOOK

The Original 1951 is a reissue of the original notebook made in that year by Clairefontaine. Legend has it that this is the model notebook used by Julia Child to record her recipes when she was a student at Le Cordon Bleu. The pages are smooth white French-milled 90g paper, ruled, fountain pen- and markerfriendly, acid-free and pH neutral. The blue cover has a blank subject window. Softbound with a clothbound spine; 5 ¾"x 8 ¼"; 96 sheets.

#05-95946 • $11.95 SPIRAL BOUND NOTEBOOK

This version is ruled, with a margin; the spiral allows the notebook to lie flat. The pages are smooth ivory French-milled 90g paper, ruled, acid-free and pH neutral, fountain pen- and marker-friendly. Softbound; side wire bound; 60 sheets. Please choose cover color: Green, Blue, Red, or Orange. Please choose size: A5 (6½" x 8½") or A4 (8 ¼" x 11¾"). A5 notebook • $7.95 each A4 notebook • $8.95 each Prices above do not include shipping and handling.