Quercus suber, commonly called the cork oak, is a medium-sized, evergreen oak tree in the section Quercus sect. Cerris. It is the primary source of cork for wine bottle stoppers and other uses, such as cork flooring and as the cores of cricket balls. It is native to southwest Europe and northwest Africa.
Large folio: 43 x 30 cm
Lithograph in the Crayon Manier.
Hand coloured.
Published ca 1860.
De Demanne after the illustration by Deshayes.
Published in Paris by Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Duchesne in "Guide de la Culture des Bois, ou Herbier Forestier”, 1860
