Sam Vale’s A Typology of British Cherry Blossom brings a botanical subject into the form of a photographic artist’s book. GOST Books published the 256-page clothbound hardback in 2019, with Vale credited as its photographer.

The publisher specifies an edition of 323 copies, connecting that number to the cherry varieties that inform the project. Each copy is signed and numbered by Vale and includes a dried, pressed cherry-blossom petal. The physical inclusion links the printed photographs to the plants they depict and gives each copy an individual element.

The book brings photographic representation and botanical material together. Its edition size, numbering and enclosed petal are documented features of this publication, rather than indications of a separate standard edition.