May 5, 2013
Neon moiré.
From the frontispiece to The Loyal Mountaineers of Tennessee by Thomas William Humes (1888). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized March 15, 2006.

Neon moiré.

From the frontispiece to The Loyal Mountaineers of Tennessee by Thomas William Humes (1888). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized March 15, 2006.

April 29, 2013

Color glitch. Submitted by an anonymous finder.

Throughout Historica et Memorabilia: Merckwürdige Sachen und Geschichte (1707).Original from Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Digitized July 28, 2011. 

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
Neon ephemera.
Between p. 3 and 4 of A New Compendium of the Whole Art of Practical Navigation; Containing the Elements of Plain Trigonometry, and It’s Application to Plain, Mercator’s and Middle-latitude Sailing by William Jones (1702). Original from Oxford University. Digitized February 27, 2009.

Neon ephemera.

Between p. 3 and 4 of A New Compendium of the Whole Art of Practical Navigation; Containing the Elements of Plain Trigonometry, and It’s Application to Plain, Mercator’s and Middle-latitude Sailing by William Jones (1702). Original from Oxford University. Digitized February 27, 2009.

April 9, 2013

Neon moiré.

Throughout Young People’s Illustrated Bible History by Rev. Alvan Bond (1878). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized February 15, 2007.

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).

April 7, 2013
Employee holds in paper ephemera.
From the front matter of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (1906). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized January 20, 2010.

Employee holds in paper ephemera.

From the front matter of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (1906). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized January 20, 2010.

April 7, 2013

Neon moiré.

Throughout Florida Enchantments by Anthony Weston Dimock (1915). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized July 15, 2006.

March 27, 2013

Glitched hands.

From the front and back matter of The Works: Serious and Comical, In Prose and Verse by Thomas Brown and James Drake (1730). Original from the Bavarian State Library. Digitized September 27, 2011.

March 20, 2013
Neon circulation slip, with stamps and call numbers converted to links.
From the back matter of Picturesque English Cottages and Their Doorway Gardens by Peter Hampson Ditchfield (1905). Original from Harvard University. Digitized June 23, 2007.

Neon circulation slip, with stamps and call numbers converted to links.

From the back matter of Picturesque English Cottages and Their Doorway Gardens by Peter Hampson Ditchfield (1905). Original from Harvard University. Digitized June 23, 2007.

March 18, 2013

Neon moiré.

Throughout Reminiscences of the Old Fire Laddies and Volunteer Fire Departments of New York and Brooklyn: Together with a Complete History of the Paid Departments of Both Cities by J. Frank Kernan (1885). Original from Harvard University. Digitized July 6, 2007.

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.

March 10, 2013

Neon moiré.

Throughout The Harvest of the Sea: A Contribution to the Natural and Economic History of the British Food Fishes by James Glass Bertram (1865). Original from the University of California. Digitized October 23, 2007.

March 4, 2013
Neon moiré and thematic foxing.
From p. 80 of Tales of the Village Children by Francis Edward Paget (1844). Original from Harvard University. Digitized September 12, 2007.

Neon moiré and thematic foxing.

From p. 80 of Tales of the Village Children by Francis Edward Paget (1844). Original from Harvard University. Digitized September 12, 2007.

March 1, 2013

Neon moiré.

Throughout The Story of the Great March: From the Diary of a Staff Officer by George Ward Nichols (1865). Original from Harvard University. Digitized December 17, 2007.