Printed plate photographed through protective tissue with ghostly effect; content includes two people reading and a weeping ghost.
Frontispiece to The Ghost, by William Douglas O’Connor (1867). [Here]
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October 9, 2011
October 8, 2011
![Printed plate photographed through protective tissue.
Frontispiece to Little Men, by Louisa May Alcott (1871). [Here]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsm55vvLKT1qixa76o1_400.png)
Printed plate photographed through protective tissue.
Frontispiece to Little Men, by Louisa May Alcott (1871). [Here]
October 3, 2011
Printed plates colored by stencil (in the printshop) or by owner.
From various pages of The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan (1763). [Here]
October 3, 2011
![Printed plate left folded through digitization.
From p. 221 of The Art of Surgery, by Daniel Turner (1736). [Here]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsgqxcmsLx1qixa76o1_400.png)
Printed plate left folded through digitization.
From p. 221 of The Art of Surgery, by Daniel Turner (1736). [Here]
September 30, 2011
![Printed plate photographed through protective tissue: “School children, Abbeokuta, West Africa”.
From front matter of Goads and Nails: or, Missionary Counsels and Encouragements for the Young, by John Montagu Randall (1856). [Here]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsc3t58apo1qixa76o1_400.png)
Printed plate photographed through protective tissue: “School children, Abbeokuta, West Africa”.
From front matter of Goads and Nails: or, Missionary Counsels and Encouragements for the Young, by John Montagu Randall (1856). [Here]
September 29, 2011
![Printed plate photographed through protective tissue; in full color, with staining.
From p. 10 of American Comic Annual, ed. by Henry James Finn (1831). [Here]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls9kj4Cqt11qixa76o1_500.png)
Printed plate photographed through protective tissue; in full color, with staining.
From p. 10 of American Comic Annual, ed. by Henry James Finn (1831). [Here]
September 28, 2011
![Printed plate left folded through digitization; a new topography created.
From p. 496 of Frost and Fire: Natural Engines, Tool-marks and Chips, by John Francis Campbell (1865). [Here]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls7plnXfsa1qixa76o1_1280.png)
Printed plate left folded through digitization; a new topography created.
From p. 496 of Frost and Fire: Natural Engines, Tool-marks and Chips, by John Francis Campbell (1865). [Here]
September 27, 2011
Black and white printed plates digitized in color, with purple and green neon result.
From various pages of Useful Birds and Their Protection by Edward Howe Forbush (1913). [Here]
September 24, 2011
Printed plate photographed through protective tissue; butterflies.
From p. 498 of A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, v. 2 By Oliver Goldsmith (1856). [Here]
September 23, 2011
Printed plates and sheet music left folded through digitization.
From various pages of The Lady’s Magazine or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex: Appropriated Solely to their Use and Amusement, v. 9 (1778). [Here]
September 22, 2011
![Plate with image of author, and author’s presentation inscription.
From front matter of Grayling and How to Catch Them: and Recollections of a Sportsman by Francis M. Walbran (1895). [Here]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrvur4MBU91qixa76o1_400.png)
Plate with image of author, and author’s presentation inscription.
From front matter of Grayling and How to Catch Them: and Recollections of a Sportsman by Francis M. Walbran (1895). [Here]
September 22, 2011
![Printed plate photographed through protective tissue.
From front matter of Cobwebs to Catch Flies: or, Dialogues in Short Sentences, Adapted to Children, by Eleanor Fenn (1885). [Here]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrvwhzCMoB1qixa76o1_400.png)
Printed plate photographed through protective tissue.
From front matter of Cobwebs to Catch Flies: or, Dialogues in Short Sentences, Adapted to Children, by Eleanor Fenn (1885). [Here]
September 21, 2011
![Printed plate left folded through digitization
From p. 406 of A Tour In Ireland: With General Observations On The Present State Of That Kingdom, Made In The Years 1776, 1777 and 1778. And Brought Down To The End Of 1779. In Two Volumes, v. 2, by Arthur Young (1780). [Here]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrspmfBLLf1qixa76o1_500.png)
Printed plate left folded through digitization
From p. 406 of A Tour In Ireland: With General Observations On The Present State Of That Kingdom, Made In The Years 1776, 1777 and 1778. And Brought Down To The End Of 1779. In Two Volumes, v. 2, by Arthur Young (1780). [Here]
September 20, 2011
Ink from printed image transferred to opposite page without presence of protective tissue.
From various pages of The Natural History of Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals: with the Theory of the Earth in General, v. 3, by the Count de Buffon (trans. W. Kendrick, 1775). [Here]
![Black and white printed plate digitized in color; orange and blue halo effect in close-printed grain.
From front matter of The Modern British Drama: In Five Volumes, v. 4 by Sir Walter Scott (1811). [Here]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrpx5vj5ny1qixa76o1_1280.png)
