February 6, 2012

Leather-covered boards digitized in black and white.

From The Critical History of the Religions and Customs of Eastern Nations by Richard Simon (1685). 

December 8, 2011
Chalk or crayon mark on rear cover.
From Iron, Steel, and Other Alloys, by Henry Marion Howe (1903). [Here]

Chalk or crayon mark on rear cover.

From Iron, Steel, and Other Alloys, by Henry Marion Howe (1903). [Here]

November 30, 2011

A very, very used book; leather over paper boards. 

From The New Robinson Crusoe, by Joachim Heinrich Campe (1799). [Here]

November 3, 2011

Wrinkled, textured boards. 

From the front and rear cover of Essays Relating to Agriculture and Rural Affairs, by James Anderson (1787). [Here]

October 16, 2011

The marbled boards of The Office, Powers, and Jurisdiction, of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace and Commissioners of Supply, by Robert Boyd (1787). [Here]

August 31, 2011

Color and black and white images of digitization equipment and book in digitization environment.

From Early Schools and School-books of New England by George Emery Littlefield (1904). [Here]

August 24, 2011
Rear book cover digitized with acetate casing. 
From back matter of The United States Cookbook by William Vollmer (1856). [Here]

Rear book cover digitized with acetate casing. 

From back matter of The United States Cookbook by William Vollmer (1856). [Here]

August 23, 2011
Rear cover, in scuffed leather.
From back matter of The New Foundling Hospital for Wit: Being a collection of fugitive pieces, in prose and verse, not in any other collection, v.2, by John Almon (1784). [Here]

Rear cover, in scuffed leather.

From back matter of The New Foundling Hospital for Wit: Being a collection of fugitive pieces, in prose and verse, not in any other collection, v.2, by John Almon (1784). [Here]

August 8, 2011
Ink-stained rear cover.
From The Flower Garden, or, Breck’s Book of Flowers by Joseph Breck (1858).  [Here]

Ink-stained rear cover.

From The Flower Garden, or, Breck’s Book of Flowers by Joseph Breck (1858).  [Here]

August 2, 2011

Rubbed and torn paper-covered boards, indicating use

From Defense of usury: shewing the impolicy of the present legal restraints on the terms of pecuniary bargains; in letters to a friend by Jeremy Bentham (1816). [Here]

June 1, 2011
Front cover, captured in entirety with scanning environment
From digitization of Recueil de Pieces (1678). [Here]

Front cover, captured in entirety with scanning environment

From digitization of Recueil de Pieces (1678). [Here]

May 28, 2011
Scuffed and worn marbled paper cover
Rear cover of Philosophical Magazine, v.60 (1822). [Here]

Scuffed and worn marbled paper cover

Rear cover of Philosophical Magazine, v.60 (1822). [Here]