Quercus Suber: Chene Liege [Acorns]

Quercus Suber: Chene Liege [Acorns]
From Traite des Arbres et Arbustes by Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau, published in Paris, 1800 - 1825. Drawn by Pancrace Bessa, a disciple and associate of Pierre Joseph Redoute, the celebrated French flower painter.

This finely engraved plate depicts the acorns of the cork oak (Quercus suber), a Mediterranean species valued both for its fruit and for the thick, rugged bark harvested as cork.