Gathering of Leaves, A

"Celebrating 400 years since the founding of the Oxford Botanic Garden, the theme for the Designer Bookbinders fourth International Competition, held at the Bodleian Library in 2022, is plants and gardens. This beautiful catalogue features richly illustrated texts and finely printed volumes bound with skill and creativity, using varied materials by binders from all over the world. The fourth in a series following on from Bound for Success in 2009, Prize Volumes in 2013, and Heroic Works in 2017, A Gathering of Leaves showcases the stunningly inventive winning bindings alongside all the competition entries. "-