After spending a half hour looking and deciding, I settled on a 5.5″x7″ leatherbound traveler’s journal (similar to those seen here). The creamy paper and dark brown pebbled calfskin are exquisite. When I paid for it, the owner placed a small golden seal on the inside cover, with the name of the shop in Gothic black writing. This attention to detail and obvious love for the products in the shop was infectious and very romantic. It makes me wish I was a writer!
Unfortunately, I haven’t had many adventures to chronicle since that trip, and as such it’s still safe in the provided drawstring bag.
I highly suggest that if you are in Rome (as we all are from time to time, right?) and if you have a love for fine writing, you check out this gem of a shop.
29 November 2005 at 7:10 am
Thank you for the nicely done site.
While trolling I discovered
http://www.carteetc.com/shopping/index.php?cPath=21
which you might also enjoy.
May I invite you to http://www.pentrace.net/mboard.htm
which is devoted to fountain pens?
Gary
29 November 2005 at 4:26 pm
Hi, thanks for the tip on this shop, will make sure to check it out next time I’m in Rome. I finally acted on my ‘secret’ obsession and broke down last week to buy some ‘real’ journals. Just posted on it at http://brightblightcafe.blogspot.com/ . Cheers from Slovenia
30 November 2005 at 8:38 am
[...] 1. I found another paper-based blog, papersnobbery, via Moleskinerie. Hooray! And here’s one more reason to hop on over to Rome. Yeah, yeah, as if you need it. [...]
3 January 2006 at 1:05 pm
I found a similar shop in Venice on the Rialto Bridge called Rivoaltus. The books are made upstairs by the owner’s wife. I dragged my husband to the shop the very first day we were in Venice because I wanted a book to document our travels. The book I bought was so beautiful and was tied up so nicely that even now, three years later, I still haven’t unwrapped it from the paper.
I was able to catch a photo of my husband waiting while the bookmaker wrapped his new journal in paper and sealed it with a stamp. To see the photo: http://www.icebox.snowangels.com/archives/000022.html#000022
27 January 2006 at 9:44 am
I was checking out the archives of Moleskinerie and found this entry. I found this little shop on a trip to Rome in 2004. If you like journals and that sort of thing then you will LOVE this place. I paid E88 (!) for a leather journal with Amalfi paper and am about to start filling it up.
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22 June 2009 at 6:54 pm
I too found the Pantheon Cartoleria, was rec. by Frederica of Home B&B in Rome. The journal was my main reason for visiting Rome … ah,ah paper!!
4 January 2010 at 12:28 pm
I discovered this website while trying to figure out via google the name of the stationary shop I stumbled across in Rome! And it was Cartoleria Pantheon.
I love that place, and I realized, I love the premise of your blog! I cant afford TOO expensive notebooks, but I love looking over and sighing over them.
3 February 2010 at 3:23 am
Hi,I thought I’d post and let you know that your blogs layout is really messed up on the k-melon browser.Anyhow keep up the good work
7 April 2010 at 6:00 am
Ohhhh. WOW! I too am obsessed with stationery and all kinds of papery arty stuff… Guess it’s kind of a necessity as an artist really!
I found your site on Google & I think its great!
It’s nice to know I’m not alone in this world of papery arty stuffs!