A4 Landscape Casebound Books
Cover onto 170gsm Silk
Wrapped over greyboard case Matt Lamination to outer
2x 4pp End Papers printed onto 170gsm Uncoated
108pp Inside pages onto 130gsm Silk (11mm spine)
Full colour print throughout
Trimmed, collated and case bound
Prosperina is a unique, image-led hardback by Cristina Pascu-Tulbure. Built around the myth of Proserpina/Persephone, it uses photography and richly detailed illustration to explore inner transformation, female experience, and the passage between light and darkness.
Inside, the project leans into “Dialogues in the Victorian Language of Flowers” — a perfect match for the book’s ornate typography, floral motifs, and carefully paced narrative spreads. It’s the kind of fine-art book that rewards a slow flip, then a second, closer look.
If you’re planning a self-published art or photography title, our team can guide you through format, paper and binding choices via our print journey — or jump straight into an instant printing quote.
This project was printed as an A4 landscape casebound hardback — a generous, gallery-like format that gives artwork room to breathe. The silk stocks keep colour and detail crisp, which is vital when the content is intricate and image-driven.
Hardbacks are all about confidence in the hand. If you’re weighing up options, our hardback book printing service is a good place to start, alongside our hardback set-up guide for cover files, endpapers and page order.
This is a book of beautiful control: wide margins, clean pacing, and then bursts of dense visual information. The Victorian-inspired styling (borders, decorative rules, and classic letterforms) frames the work like a series of plates — giving each section a ceremonial feel.
The imagery is where the project really flexes. The artwork is highly detailed, with layered textures and floral symbolism that echoes the “language of flowers” thread. When you combine that with silk stock, you get depth without muddiness — the kind of clarity that makes fine detail worth printing.
And those opening moments matter: patterned endpapers and a strong title page set the tone immediately. In an image-led hardback, that first five seconds can decide whether someone keeps flipping.
Cristina came to us with a clear vision and a practical deadline. Across the emails, we supported her through the realities of hardback set-up: cover spreads with the correct spine width, endpaper files, and supplying the text pages in the right order with bleed and crop marks.
When the page count evolved, we re-quoted to match the updated spec and kept the project moving. We also preflighted the files, flagged what needed adjusting, and provided a final proof link so Cristina could approve with confidence before the job hit the print queue.
The end result: a premium-feeling hardback that arrived ahead of the deadline — ready to be shared, sold, gifted, or shown as a serious piece of self-published work.
Projects like this are exactly where hands-on support pays off. We translated the technical bits (spine maths, endpaper panels, trim areas) into clear next steps, then backed it up with proofing and preflight checks.
If you want a similar level of guidance, you can start with our self-published book printing page, or explore our wider portfolio for more image-led hardbacks.
