EXHIBITION: Paradise in Print

7 Jul 2007

0706paradise1_478x600 This exhibition on view at The New York Botanical Garden, in the Bronx, will present rarely seen Caribbean-related illustrated works and will run through July 29.

Paradise in Print
Through July 29
The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, New York
(718) 817-8700

This exhibition on view at The New York Botanical Garden, in the Bronx, will present rarely seen Caribbean-related illustrated works and will run through July 29. Bringing to life 500 years of Caribbean history and culture, this show features lavishly printed folio editions, rare books, and original watercolors assembled from the Mertz Library collection.

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Cocus nucifera from Flora de Filipinas
by Francisco Manuel Blanco.
Heliconia humilis from Les Liliacees
by Pierre-Joseph Redoute.
Le Cheremolia from Flore d'Amerique
by Etienne Denisse.

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