European lime tree, Tilia europaea, and English oak, Quercus robur.


European lime or linden tree, Tilia europaea, and English oak tree, Quercus robur pedunculata, Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.


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