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Birds of The Amazon by Goeldi

CD of 20 high quality digital scans of tropical birds such as humming birds, parrots, trogons and woodpeckers

NEW BENEFIT ! This CD has even higher resolution images - 200dpi resolution instead of 150dpi on most of our other CDs

Page down to see a selection of the prints, the contents list and to read about their history

 

$29.99 - order #CD021

To order, press the order link in the menu at the top of this page

Includes a bonus of a wonderful screen saver of the prints

 

To buy the original antique prints click here

 

Benefits

  • Save money - print accurate copies of beautiful antique prints for a fraction of their cost

  • Study them before investing in the original prints

  • Illustrate educational projects

  • Use them to create art, greeting cards, calendars, postcards and posters, computer wallpaper and clip art

  • Enjoy the screensaver of the prints

Features

  • Scans are of the original antique prints

  • Scans are exactly same dimensions as original antique print

  • Scans are saved as bitmap files (.bmp) so all detail is retained (unlike jpg files)

  • Each image file is several megabytes large! Prints were scanned at 300dpi and saved at 150dpi (similar to the resolution of most digital photos)

  • Print direct from the CD or from programs such as Microsoft Picture It, Adobe Photoshop, Corel PhotoPaint, Macromedia Fireworks and Paint Shop Pro

 

Examples of the antique prints on the CD

These are small images for display on this web page. The scans on the CD are much bigger (same size as original antique print) and far higher quality
Cotinga birds picture - antique print by Goeldi from Album des Aves Amazonicas Parrots picture - antique print by Goeldi from Album des Aves Amazonicas Conures and Pioninae picture - antique print by Goeldi from Album des Aves Amazonicas
Pipridae and Coerebidae picture - antique print by Goeldi from Album des Aves Amazonicas Cuculidae picture - antique print by Goeldi from Album des Aves Amazonicas
Ant Birds picture - antique print by Goeldi from Album des Aves Amazonicas Ant Birds picture - antique print by Goeldi from Album des Aves Amazonicas
Picidae picture - antique print by Goeldi from Album des Aves Amazonicas Antbirds picture - antique print by Goeldi from Album des Aves Amazonicas Puffbirds picture - antique print by Goeldi from Album des Aves Amazonicas
Jacamars, Mannakins, Barbets picture - antique print by Goeldi from Album des Aves Amazonicas Trogons, Jacamas, Motmots picture - antique print by Goeldi from Album des Aves Amazonicas Hirundinidae and Cypselidae picture - antique print by Goeldi from Album des Aves Amazonicas
birds of amazon picture - antique print by Goeldi from Album des Aves Amazonicas birds of amazon picture - antique print by Goeldi from Album des Aves Amazonicas Tanager Finches picture - antique print by Goeldi from Album des Aves Amazonicas
Tanagridae, Vireonidae, Pitlinae picture - antique print by Goeldi from Album des Aves Amazonicas Tyrannidae picture - antique print by Goeldi from Album des Aves Amazonicas <Tyrannidae picture - antique print by Goeldi from Album des Aves Amazonicas
  Tyrannidae picture - antique print by Goeldi from Album des Aves Amazonicas  

Information

This CD contains 30 superb and highly detailed scans of original antique prints from the first and only edition of a work "Album des Aves Amazonica" by Professor Emilio Goeldi.
The Amazon region has some of the richest bird life in the world, and had been made famous through the research and journals of famous naturalists such as Spix. However, Goeldi's work was the first comprehensive account of the birds of this remarkable region.
Goeldi's album presented numerous Amazonian bird species against the backdrop of tropical scenery. The superb color plates are after watercolors paintings by the artist E. Lohse, and were enhanced through the technique of chromolithography

Date

The prints the scans were made from were original antique prints made in the period 1902 to 1906

Source

Album Des Aves Amazonica by Goeldi.

Print method

The prints were chromolithographs with a spectacular range of colors, and they scanned very well.

Chromolithography was invented in about 1830 and was the first true multi-color printing technique, previously color had to be applied by hand. A printing stone was used for each color so highly colorful prints such as these required a lot of stones and a great deal of care in aligning them. The Victorians loved this method of printing because of the rich coloring that could be achieved.

Condition

The prints were in excellent condition

Size

The prints measured 11¾ by 9 ¾ inches (29.5 cm by 23.5 cm)