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 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 10, 2013
Don’t touch that! An employee’s hands over an illustration of the Portuguese man o’ war. 
From p. 8 of Gatherings of a Naturalist in Australia by George Bennett (1860). Original from Oxford University. Digitized September 11, 2006.

Don’t touch that! An employee’s hands over an illustration of the Portuguese man o’ war

From p. 8 of Gatherings of a Naturalist in Australia by George Bennett (1860). Original from Oxford University. Digitized September 11, 2006.

April 1, 2013
Tissue paper cone.
From p. 32 of My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass (1855). Does not include metadata indicating library of origination or date of digitization (but does include Stanford library artifacts).

Tissue paper cone.

From p. 32 of My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass (1855). Does not include metadata indicating library of origination or date of digitization (but does include Stanford library artifacts).

March 29, 2013
Fore-edge.
From the front matter of Greatest Short Stories, v.3 (1915). Original from the New York Public Library. Digitized May 22, 2007.

Fore-edge.

From the front matter of Greatest Short Stories, v.3 (1915). Original from the New York Public Library. Digitized May 22, 2007.

March 20, 2013
Turning tissue. 
From p. 384 of The Picturesque World: or, Scenes in Many Lands, ed. by Leo de Colange (1878). Original from the New York Public Library. Digitized May 21, 2010.

Turning tissue. 

From p. 384 of The Picturesque World: or, Scenes in Many Lands, ed. by Leo de Colange (1878). Original from the New York Public Library. Digitized May 21, 2010.

March 19, 2013
Page turning. Submitted by Laura Estill. 
From p. 550-553 of Locorum Communium Tituli et Ordines Centum Quinquaginta, ad Aeriem Praedicamentorum Decem Descripti by John Foxe (1557). Original from Austrian National Library. Digitized January 3 2012.

Page turning. Submitted by Laura Estill

From p. 550-553 of Locorum Communium Tituli et Ordines Centum Quinquaginta, ad Aeriem Praedicamentorum Decem Descripti by John Foxe (1557). Original from Austrian National Library. Digitized January 3 2012.

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 11, 2013
Employee turns pages.
The frontispiece and title page of Traits and Stories of Anglo-Indian Life by Henry Robert Addison (1858). Original from the New York Public Library. Digitized November 21, 2007.

Employee turns pages.

The frontispiece and title page of Traits and Stories of Anglo-Indian Life by Henry Robert Addison (1858). Original from the New York Public Library. Digitized November 21, 2007.

March 11, 2013
Pages in motion. 
From p. 15-16 of Stories About the Country by Francis Channing Woodworth (1850). Original from Harvard University. Digitized April 1, 2008.

Pages in motion. 

From p. 15-16 of Stories About the Country by Francis Channing Woodworth (1850). Original from Harvard University. Digitized April 1, 2008.

March 10, 2013
Illustration reaches from behind tissue.
The frontispiece to Stories from the Classics, adapted by Mary and Elizabeth Kirby (1854). Original from Oxford University. Digitized July 11, 2006.

Illustration reaches from behind tissue.

The frontispiece to Stories from the Classics, adapted by Mary and Elizabeth Kirby (1854). Original from Oxford University. Digitized July 11, 2006.

March 5, 2013
Pages in motion.
From p. 240-243 of The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education by Robert Dodsley (1784). Does not include metadata indicating library of origination or date of digitization (but does include Stanford library artifacts).

Pages in motion.

From p. 240-243 of The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education by Robert Dodsley (1784). Does not include metadata indicating library of origination or date of digitization (but does include Stanford library artifacts).

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.