May 15, 2013
Glitch.
From the back matter of Joan of Arc: or, The Maid of Orleans by Jules Michelet and Orlando Williams Wight (1858). Does not include metadata indicating library of origination or date of digitization (but does include library artifacts from the Royal Library of Belgium).

Glitch.

From the back matter of Joan of Arc: or, The Maid of Orleans by Jules Michelet and Orlando Williams Wight (1858). Does not include metadata indicating library of origination or date of digitization (but does include library artifacts from the Royal Library of Belgium).

May 15, 2013
Book clasps. 
From Psalmi Finn (1730). Original from the Bavarian State Library. Digitized December 21, 2010.

Book clasps. 

From Psalmi Finn (1730). Original from the Bavarian State Library. Digitized December 21, 2010.

May 15, 2013

Endpapers, four different ways.

From Los Tres Libros de Matheo Maria Boyardo (1581). Original from the Complutense University of Madrid. Digitized December 5, 2008. 

May 13, 2013
Pressed flower.
From p. 89 of The First Year of Greek by James Turney Allen (1917). Does not include metadata indicating library of origination or date of digitization (but does include Stanford library artifacts).

Pressed flower.

From p. 89 of The First Year of Greek by James Turney Allen (1917). Does not include metadata indicating library of origination or date of digitization (but does include Stanford library artifacts).

May 6, 2013

Stains.

Throughout A Survey of the National Debts, the Sinking Fund, the Civil List, and the Annual Supplies (1745). Original from Princeton University. Digitized April 29, 2010.

May 5, 2013
Frontispiece left folded.
From Chūshingura: or, The Loyal Retainers of Akao by Izumo Takeda, Shōraku Miyoshi, and Senryū Namiki, translated by Jukichi Inouye (1894). Original from Oxford University. Digitized February 2, 2009.

Frontispiece left folded.

From Chūshingura: or, The Loyal Retainers of Akao by Izumo Takeda, Shōraku Miyoshi, and Senryū Namiki, translated by Jukichi Inouye (1894). Original from Oxford University. Digitized February 2, 2009.

May 5, 2013

Digital gutter splits botantical illustrations.

Throught Plantae Javanicae Rariores by Thomas Horsfield, Johannes-Josephus Bennett, and Robert Brown (1852). Original from Austrian National Library. Digitized September 2, 2011.

May 1, 2013
Reanimated stain.
From L’Examen de Soy-Mesme pour Bien se Préparer à la Communion par Jean Claude (1682). Original from the Lyon Public Library. Digitized August 16, 2010.

Reanimated stain.

From L’Examen de Soy-Mesme pour Bien se Préparer à la Communion par Jean Claude (1682). Original from the Lyon Public Library. Digitized August 16, 2010.

May 1, 2013
Ink hurricanes.
From the title page of L’Art de se Connoitre Soy-Mesme: ou, La Recherche des Sources de la Morale by Jacques Abbadie (1710). Original from Columbia University. Digitized October 16, 2009.

Ink hurricanes.

From the title page of L’Art de se Connoitre Soy-Mesme: ou, La Recherche des Sources de la Morale by Jacques Abbadie (1710). Original from Columbia University. Digitized October 16, 2009.

May 1, 2013
Bookmark.
From p. 200-01 of Quatre Traictez Excellents by Francisco Arias and Pillehotte (1609). Original from the Lyon Public Library. Digitized October 24, 2011.

Bookmark.

From p. 200-01 of Quatre Traictez Excellents by Francisco Arias and Pillehotte (1609). Original from the Lyon Public Library. Digitized October 24, 2011.

April 30, 2013

Severe distortion: “a remarkable collection of (what can only be described as) hallucinogenic architectural views and plans.” Pointed out by asfaltics here.

Throughout The Builder, v. 77 (1899). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized February 26, 2011.

April 29, 2013

Color glitch. Submitted by an anonymous finder.

Throughout Historica et Memorabilia: Merckwürdige Sachen und Geschichte (1707).Original from Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Digitized July 28, 2011. 

April 29, 2013

Printing error.

From p. 51-52 of The Bermondsey Murder: A Full Report of the Trial of Frederick George Manning and Maria Manning (1849). Original from Oxford University. Digitized September 19, 2006.

April 29, 2013
Tear.
From p. 10 of Iohn Huighen Van Linschoten, His Discours of Voyages Into Ye Easte [and] West Indies: Deuided Into Foure Bookes by Jan Huygen van Linschoten (1598). Original from the Complutense University of Madrid. Digitized February 10, 2009.

Tear.

From p. 10 of Iohn Huighen Van Linschoten, His Discours of Voyages Into Ye Easte [and] West Indies: Deuided Into Foure Bookes by Jan Huygen van Linschoten (1598). Original from the Complutense University of Madrid. Digitized February 10, 2009.

April 24, 2013
Glue.

From the front matter of Rigby’s Reliable Candy Teacher: With Complete and Modern Soda, Ice Cream and Sherbet Sections by Will O. Rigby and Fred Rigby (1920). Original from Harvard University. Digitized July 2, 2007.

Glue.

From the front matter of Rigby’s Reliable Candy Teacher: With Complete and Modern Soda, Ice Cream and Sherbet Sections by Will O. Rigby and Fred Rigby (1920). Original from Harvard University. Digitized July 2, 2007.