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Horto Van Houtteano by Louis Van Houtte

CD of incredibly detailed scans of 46 large antique prints of beautiful flowers

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

 

$59.99 - order #CD022

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
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano
Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano Antique print: picture of flower from Horto Van Houtteano  

 

 

Information

This CD contains detailed scans of 46 of the best and largest lithographs from Horto Van Houtteano a lavish Belgian periodical founded by Louis Van Houtte. They measure 13.5 by 10 inches (35 cm by 25.5 cm).

Van Houtte was the proprietor of the largest nursery of its time on the continent. Horto Van Houtteano was published by his own printing office in the middle of his gardens. The work is notable for the craftsmanship of the Belgian lithographers Severeyns, Stroobant and De Pannemaker, who had mastered the art of color printing from stone.

The prints on the CD are:

12961 - Lotus Flower - Victoria regia - Colombia, South America
12962 - Bird of Paradise flower - Strelitzia augusta - South Africa
12963 - Californian Sunflower - Helianthus californicus - California
12964 - Amaryllis pardina - Peru
12965 - Amaryllis reticulata vittata - South America
12966 - Echeveria pulverulenta - California & Arizona
12967 - Lotus Flower - Victoria regia - British Guyana
12968 - Water Lily - Nymphaea scutifolia - Egypt
12969 - Lotus Flower - Victoria regia - British Guyana
12970 - Amaryllis divers hippeastra - South America
12971 - Water Lily - Nymphaea thermalis - Eastern Europe
12972 - Water Lily - Nymphaea rubra - East Indies
12973 - Lotus Flower - Victoria regia - British Guyana
12974 - Dutchman's Pipe - Aristolochia ornithocephala - Brazil
12975 - The Vanilla Orchid - Vanilla phalaenopsis - Madagascar
12976 - Dutchman's Pipe - Aristolochia duchartrei - Upper Amazons
12977 - Giant Water Lily - Nymphaea gigantea - Australia
12978 - Amaryllis divers hippeastra - South America
12979 - Orchid: Bolbophyllum pahudi - Java
12980 - Orchid: Vanda densiflora - India
12981 - Eucodonia naegelioides nana multiflora -
12982 - Varietes de Gloxinias -
12983 - Crinum giganteum - West Africa
12984 - Strelitzia reginae - South Africa
12985 - Hymenocallis adnata - tropical America
12986 - Pitcairnia altensteinii - Venezuela
12987 - Gesnera - Heintzia tigrina -
12988 - Orchid - Oncidium ampliatum majus - Guatemala,Panama,Colombia,Peru,Venezuela,Trinidad
12989 - Gesneriad - Solandra laevis - Central America
12990 - Bromeliad - Billbergia viridiflora - Venezuela
12991 - Lily - Lilium giganteum - Himalayas
12992 - Orchid - Ataccia cristata - Malaysia
12993 - Amaryllis - Haemanthus kalbreyeri - Guinea
12994 - Amaryllis - Griffinia hyacinthina maxima - Brazil
12995 - Lily - Methonica leopoldi -
12996 - Desmodium penduliflorum - Japan
12997 - Hyacinth - Hyacinthus candicans - South Africa
12998 - Giant Spear Lily - Doryanthes palmeri - Australia
12999 - Tropical Lotus Flower - Nymphaea dentata - Sierra Leone
13000 - Clematis - Clematis lanuginosa - China
13001 - Funkia grandiflora - Corfu Greece
13002 - Sikkim Larch - Larix griffithii - Himalayas
13003 - Milk and Wine Amaryllis - Crinum scabrum -
13004.1 - Amaryllis - Brunswigia toxicaria - South America
13004 - Dichorisamdra mosaica - Amazonia, Peru
13005 - Lotus flower - Nelumbium speciosum - Egypt

Date

1850s. The scans were made from the original antique prints

Source

Horto Van Houtteano

Print method

Chromolithograph with original hand finishing

Condition

The prints were in excellent condition. The colors were fresh and bright.

Size

The prints measured about 13.5 by 10 inches (35 cm by 25.5 cm). The scans are exactly the same size as the prints and can be easily reduced or enlarged in size. They were fold out prints so had a discrete centrefold.