May 14, 2013

Fore-edge and employee’s (distorted) hand.

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

May 13, 2013

Earthquake!

Throughout A Genuine Account of Earthquakes, Especially that at Oxford, in the Year 1695; and of Another Terrible One at Port-Royal, in Jamaica, in the Year 1692 (1750). Original from Oxford University. Digitized March 11, 2009.

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

Distortion of employee’s finger and ring.

From the back matter of Libanii Sophistae Graeci (1522). Original from the Bavarian State Library. Digitized August 24, 2012.

April 29, 2013

Wait, what?

Throughout The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments (1704). Original from Oxford University. Digitized February 3, 2009.

April 23, 2013
Motion, distortion, correction, hand of employee.
From p. 306-308 (?) of British Education: or, The Source of the Disorders of Great Britain by Thomas Sheridan (1756). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized April 26, 2006.

Motion, distortion, correction, hand of employee.

From p. 306-308 (?) of British Education: or, The Source of the Disorders of Great Britain by Thomas Sheridan (1756). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized April 26, 2006.

April 17, 2013

Neon; uncropped; distortion.

Throughout A Charitable Proposal for Relieving the Sick and Needy, and Other Distressed Persons (1720). Original from Oxford University. Digitized April 24, 2009.

April 15, 2013
Distortion.
From p. 57 of Compendium Privilegiorum Fratrum Minorum by Alonso de Casarubios (1532). Original from the Bavarian State Library. Digitized December 22, 2008.

Distortion.

From p. 57 of Compendium Privilegiorum Fratrum Minorum by Alonso de Casarubios (1532). Original from the Bavarian State Library. Digitized December 22, 2008.

April 1, 2013

Distortion. Submitted by asfaltics: “Recto pages awry. Delightful chapter, as odd as its scan, concluding “We have rode on Buffalo Bill, Grant, Abraham, Mahomet and Solomon.” 

Throughout Rambles of a Southerner in Three Continents by P. L. Groome (1889). Original from Princeton University. Digitized April 7, 2009.

March 18, 2013
An employee’s fingers, a transformative gutter, and color samples.
From p. 16 of Index of Colours and Mixed Tints by Theodore Henry A. Fielding (1830). Original from Oxford University. Digitized March 31, 2006.

An employee’s fingers, a transformative gutter, and color samples.

From p. 16 of Index of Colours and Mixed Tints by Theodore Henry A. Fielding (1830). Original from Oxford University. Digitized March 31, 2006.

March 1, 2013
Distortion relevant to text.
From My Little Book of Prayer by Muriel Strode (1905). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized June 13, 2007.

Distortion relevant to text.

From My Little Book of Prayer by Muriel Strode (1905). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized June 13, 2007.

February 18, 2013
Movement and distortion. 
From p. 229 of The Open Road: A Little Book for Wayfarers compiled by E. V. Lucas (1914). Original from the New York Public Library. Digitized May 22, 2007.

Movement and distortion. 

From p. 229 of The Open Road: A Little Book for Wayfarers compiled by E. V. Lucas (1914). Original from the New York Public Library. Digitized May 22, 2007.

February 13, 2013

Severe distortion.

From The ABC: or, Alphabetical Railway Guide, v. 88-99 (1861). Original from Oxford University. Digitized January 25, 2007.

February 13, 2013
Neon colors, employee’s corrected finger.
From the title page of The ABC of Photography, 10th ed. (1858). Original from Oxford University. Digitized June 1, 2009.

Neon colors, employee’s corrected finger.

From the title page of The ABC of Photography, 10th ed. (1858). Original from Oxford University. Digitized June 1, 2009.

January 30, 2013

Employee’s fingers autocorrected with mirrored text. 

Throughout An Exact Narrative of Many Surprizing Matters of Fact Uncontestably Wrought By an Evil Spirit or Spirits, In the House of Master Jan Smagge (1709). Original from Oxford University. Digitized March 10, 2009.