HISTORIC_BOOKS: LAYOUT&TYPE

As I'm going to create a book for my FMP, I want it to be a combination of various textures & colours throughout. Also, using interesting grid layouts but aswell breaking them. I want to create a book that's appealing simply from the colours of paper, brightness, texture and weight.

Here, is an example of a book which shows interesting type layout; simplistic yet beautiful with the use of negative space. The large tracking of the title & copy almost makes it very easy on the eye, particularly as it's a serif typeface; perhaps if it was a san-serif it would do the opposite and show a stark contrast- maybe it could work?  The texture and colour depth of the paper works with the black typography and the darker edges of the paper seem to creep your eye into the centre of the page to which the type(or image) lays.