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.

April 30, 2013
Frontispiece photographed through tissue.
From The Book of Legends Told Over Again by Horace Elisha Scudder (1889). Original from the University of California. Digitized November 29, 2007.

Frontispiece photographed through tissue.

From The Book of Legends Told Over Again by Horace Elisha Scudder (1889). Original from the University of California. Digitized November 29, 2007.

April 23, 2013
Plate photographed through image-stained tissue.
From the front matter of Life and Times of Red-Jacket: or Sa-go-ye-wat-ha by William Leete Stone (1841). Original from Harvard University. Digitized August 17, 2006.

Plate photographed through image-stained tissue.

From the front matter of Life and Times of Red-Jacket: or Sa-go-ye-wat-ha by William Leete Stone (1841). Original from Harvard University. Digitized August 17, 2006.

April 22, 2013
Plate photographed through tissue.
The frontispiece to Red Men and White by Owen Wister (1895). Does not include metadata indicating library of origination or date of digitization (but does include Stanford library artifacts).

Plate photographed through tissue.

The frontispiece to Red Men and White by Owen Wister (1895). Does not include metadata indicating library of origination or date of digitization (but does include Stanford library artifacts).

April 2, 2013

Frontispiece (somehow!) merged with photograph of digitization equipment.

From the front matter of What Frances E. Willard Said by Frances Elizabeth Willard, ed. by Anna A. Gordon (1905). Does not include metadata indicating library of origination or date of digitization (but does include Stanford library artifacts).

April 2, 2013
Employee holds paper ephemera over portrait photographed through tissue.
The frontispiece to Life of Frances Power Cobbe as Told by Herself by Frances Power Cobbe (1904). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized May 22, 2007.

Employee holds paper ephemera over portrait photographed through tissue.

The frontispiece to Life of Frances Power Cobbe as Told by Herself by Frances Power Cobbe (1904). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized May 22, 2007.

March 25, 2013
“Eiffel Tower in the Evening Mist,” or, frontispiece photographed through folded tissue.
From The Colour of Paris: Historic, Personal & Local, ed. by Lucien Descaves (1908). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized June 28, 2006.

“Eiffel Tower in the Evening Mist,” or, frontispiece photographed through folded tissue.

From The Colour of Paris: Historic, Personal & Local, ed. by Lucien Descaves (1908). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized June 28, 2006.

March 23, 2013
Plate photographed through tissue, with thematic foxing. 
The frontispiece to A Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant by Albert Deane Richardson (1868). Original from the University of Virginia. Digitized January 22, 2010.

Plate photographed through tissue, with thematic foxing. 

The frontispiece to A Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant by Albert Deane Richardson (1868). Original from the University of Virginia. Digitized January 22, 2010.

March 23, 2013
An impossible place; plate left folded. 
The frontispiece to Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua by John Russell Bartlett (1854). Original from Harvard University. Digitized December 20, 2007.

An impossible place; plate left folded. 

The frontispiece to Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua by John Russell Bartlett (1854). Original from Harvard University. Digitized December 20, 2007.

March 19, 2013
Employee holds folded plate closed. 
The frontispiece to A Picturesque Tour Along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna in India by Lieut. Colon Forrest (1824). Original from Lyon Public Library. Digitized August 22, 2011.

Employee holds folded plate closed. 

The frontispiece to A Picturesque Tour Along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna in India by Lieut. Colon Forrest (1824). Original from Lyon Public Library. Digitized August 22, 2011.

March 12, 2013
Illustration photographed through tissue.
The frontispiece to Country Life, and Other Stories by Cousin Mary (1855). Original from Harvard University. Digitized April 23, 2008.

Illustration photographed through tissue.

The frontispiece to Country Life, and Other Stories by Cousin Mary (1855). Original from Harvard University. Digitized April 23, 2008.

February 25, 2013
Plate photographed through tissue.
The frontispiece to The Blossoming of the Waste by Edith Nicholl Ellison (1908). Original from the University of Virginia. Digitized December 16, 2010.

Plate photographed through tissue.

The frontispiece to The Blossoming of the Waste by Edith Nicholl Ellison (1908). Original from the University of Virginia. Digitized December 16, 2010.

February 12, 2013
Frontispiece photographed through (crinkled) tissue.
From The Code of the Mountains by Charles Neville Buck (1915). Original from Harvard University. Digitized March 18, 2008.

Frontispiece photographed through (crinkled) tissue.

From The Code of the Mountains by Charles Neville Buck (1915). Original from Harvard University. Digitized March 18, 2008.

February 11, 2013
Frontispiece in high contrast. 
From the front matter of The Human Drift by Jack London (1917). Original from Harvard University. Digitized September 22, 2005. 
See also:

Frontispiece in high contrast. 

From the front matter of The Human Drift by Jack London (1917). Original from Harvard University. Digitized September 22, 2005. 

See also:

February 4, 2013
Thematic foxing and neon moiré. 
The frontispiece to Norman’s New Orleans and Environs: Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana, and the City of New Orleans by Benjamin Moore Norman (1845). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized October 3, 2006.

Thematic foxing and neon moiré. 

The frontispiece to Norman’s New Orleans and Environs: Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana, and the City of New Orleans by Benjamin Moore Norman (1845). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized October 3, 2006.