May 14, 2013

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

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

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
Employee holds plates closed.
Throughout The Philosophical Transactions (From the Year 1732 to the Year 1744), edited by John Martyn (1747). Original from Montserrat Abbey Library. Digitized February 9, 2011.

Employee holds plates closed.

Throughout The Philosophical Transactions (From the Year 1732 to the Year 1744), edited by John Martyn (1747). Original from Montserrat Abbey Library. Digitized February 9, 2011.

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 7, 2013
Transformative gutter (and employee’s ringed fingers).
From the front matter of Regulations for the Army of the United States (1857). Does not include metadata indicating library of origination or date of digitization (but does include Stanford library artifacts).

Transformative gutter (and employee’s ringed fingers).

From the front matter of Regulations for the Army of the United States (1857). Does not include metadata indicating library of origination or date of digitization (but does include Stanford library artifacts).

March 23, 2013
The transformative gutter.
From the back matter of A Homoeopathic Materia Medica On a New and Original Plan: A Sample Fascicle Containing the Arsenic Group by Marvin W. Van Denburg (1894). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized October 8, 2007.

The transformative gutter.

From the back matter of A Homoeopathic Materia Medica On a New and Original Plan: A Sample Fascicle Containing the Arsenic Group by Marvin W. Van Denburg (1894). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized October 8, 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
“An Enigma” of distortion and correction of employee’s hand.
From p. 104 of The Juvenile Forget Me Not, edited by Mrs. S. C. Hall (1830). Original from the New York Public Library. Digitized November 15, 2006.

“An Enigma” of distortion and correction of employee’s hand.

From p. 104 of The Juvenile Forget Me Not, edited by Mrs. S. C. Hall (1830). Original from the New York Public Library. Digitized November 15, 2006.

March 12, 2013
Glitch composition.
From the front matter of A Sorrowful Respect Paid to the Dead Vindicated: and Proper Limits Set to It by Thomas Barnard (1718). Original from Oxford University. Digitized March 23, 2009.

Glitch composition.

From the front matter of A Sorrowful Respect Paid to the Dead Vindicated: and Proper Limits Set to It by Thomas Barnard (1718). Original from Oxford University. Digitized March 23, 2009.

February 26, 2013
Employee as surgeon. Submitted by thetwogermanys. 
From Recherches cliniques et thérapeutiques sur l’épilepsie, l’hystérie et l’Idiotie by Désiré Magloire Bourneville (1899). Does not include metadata indicating library of origination or date of digitization (but does include Stanford library artifacts).

Employee as surgeon. Submitted by thetwogermanys

From Recherches cliniques et thérapeutiques sur l’épilepsie, l’hystérie et l’Idiotie by Désiré Magloire Bourneville (1899). Does not include metadata indicating library of origination or date of digitization (but does include Stanford library artifacts).

February 14, 2013
Digitally imposed gutter with transformative powers.
From Tables of Discount: or, Simple Interest by T B. Gumersall (1829). Original from Oxford University. Digitized March 29, 2006.

Digitally imposed gutter with transformative powers.

From Tables of Discount: or, Simple Interest by T B. Gumersall (1829). Original from Oxford University. Digitized March 29, 2006.

January 14, 2013
Employee’s fingers and digital crumple.
From p. 32-33 of Heaven and Earth: A Mystery by Lord Byron (1842). Original from Harvard University. Digitized January 15, 2009.

Employee’s fingers and digital crumple.

From p. 32-33 of Heaven and Earth: A Mystery by Lord Byron (1842). Original from Harvard University. Digitized January 15, 2009.

January 12, 2013
Employee’s hand, three ways.
From the back matter of A Collection of Proverbs and Popular Sayings: Relating to the Seasons, the Weather, and Agricultural Pursuits (1846). Original from the Bavarian State Library. Digitized October 11, 2011.

Employee’s hand, three ways.

From the back matter of A Collection of Proverbs and Popular Sayings: Relating to the Seasons, the Weather, and Agricultural Pursuits (1846). Original from the Bavarian State Library. Digitized October 11, 2011.

December 7, 2012
“I have no idea what is going on here.” Submitted by Greg. 
From p. 64-65 (?) of Swenska Psalm-boken: Af Konungen Gillad och Stadfästed är 1819 (1870). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized June 12, 2007.

“I have no idea what is going on here.” Submitted by Greg

From p. 64-65 (?) of Swenska Psalm-boken: Af Konungen Gillad och Stadfästed är 1819 (1870). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized June 12, 2007.

December 7, 2012
Employee holds together a torn page: “Already! A living manicule.” Submitted by John McVey (asfaltics).
From p. 521 of A Treatise on Concrete, Plain and Reinforced: Materials, Construction and Design of Concrete and Reinforced Concrete, 2nd ed., by Fredrick W. Taylor and Sanford E. Thompson. Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Digitized January 7, 2008.

Employee holds together a torn page: “Already! A living manicule.” Submitted by John McVey (asfaltics).

From p. 521 of A Treatise on Concrete, Plain and Reinforced: Materials, Construction and Design of Concrete and Reinforced Concrete, 2nd ed., by Fredrick W. Taylor and Sanford E. Thompson. Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Digitized January 7, 2008.