MONTBLANC FOUNTAIN PEN WRITERS EDITION HOMAGE TO ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON LIMITED EDITION

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1850, Robert Louis Stevenson longed for two things: freedom and the leisure of diving into another world. He wrote essays and travel tales, as well as his legendary adventure stories peopled with extraordinary characters whose names sent shivers down the spines of readers around the world: Long John Silver, Captain Flint, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The Montblanc Writers Edition Homage to Robert Louis Stevenson is dedicated to this extremely creative storyteller. Many decorative details in this edition are inspired by the novel "Treasure Island." The overall shape of the writing instrument, combined with the rings on the cone, recreates the effect of a historic extendable telescope. The fine black resin body is decorated with engraved crosses, including a larger "X" similar to that used to mark the location of treasure on a map. The cap of the Writers Edition is adorned with vertical lines that recall the boards of the schooner "Hispaniola" and a traditional chest. Behind the platinum-finished clip, the lines converge to create a compass rose, while the clip mimics the shape of a cleat, to which the ship's rigging is attached. The top of the cap is crowned with the Montblanc emblem, decorated with the pirate symbol-a skull and crossbones-elevated in the center. The cap ring is adorned with an engraving of Stevenson's signature, and the date of publication of his first work, "The Pentland Rising," in 1886. The years of birth and death of Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) are engraved on the cap. In homage to Robert Louis Stevenson's passion for sailing and his choice to move to the South Seas, the handcrafted, rhodium-finished Au 750 solid gold nib is engraved with a delicate wave pattern and the name the Samoans gave the great writer and globetrotter, "Tusitala".