This impressive example jumps out among the trend for ‘botanical books’ thanks to the extremely painstaking way it has been made and the tasteful design choices. The zooming-in movement as the driving impetus for the lay-out is particularly lovely: from enchanting details at the beginning to an overview of the entire collection of botanical prints in the middle. The most interesting elements in this collection are right in the front of the book, immediately seducing the reader into reading on, but without giving too much away. After the middle section the focus reverses, from overview to details. The illustrations on the text pages are printed in duotone green, which brings calm to these pages and makes them clearly distinct from the collection pages. The visual index of different techniques is printed in white and silver, and thanks to the green paper is easy to find. Some members of the jury found the cover a little less successful. The embossing with its many details and nuances in height and thickness is very cleverly done from a technical point of view, but the image doesn’t perhaps say as much as it could. The price too raised questions. On the one hand it is understandable that a book on which this level of care has been lavished will have a higher price ticket, but on the other it’s a shame that this restricts the target group exclusively to collectors.