Fancy Ferns

Each month, Meural brings you the best from the extraordinary collection of the New York Public Library. This month we’re featuring a collection of illustrated botanical plates depicting the ferns of Great Britain and Ireland. “Taken from Nature Illustrated: Flowers, Plants, and Trees, 1550–1900 (1989), by Bernard McTigue, the late former Curator of the Arents Collection and Keeper of Rare Books.” (NYPL)