Pressed flower.
From p. 89 of The First Year of Greek by James Turney Allen (1917). Does not include metadata indicating library of origination or date of digitization (but does include Stanford library artifacts).
May 13, 2013
May 13, 2013
Throughout An Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1657 by S. B. (1657). Original from Indiana University. Digitized August 9, 2011.
May 13, 2013
Bar code over marbled paper.
From the front matter of A Year on the Punjab Frontier, v. 1, by Herbert Benjamin Edwardes (1851). Original from the University of Lausanne. Digitized November 19, 2008.
May 6, 2013
Stains.
Throughout A Survey of the National Debts, the Sinking Fund, the Civil List, and the Annual Supplies (1745). Original from Princeton University. Digitized April 29, 2010.
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.
May 5, 2013
Torn paper poem.
From the back matter of A Princess of Java: A Tale of the Far East by Sarah Jane Higginson (1887). Original from Harvard University. Digitized July 25, 2008.
May 5, 2013
Digital gutter splits botantical illustrations.
Throught Plantae Javanicae Rariores by Thomas Horsfield, Johannes-Josephus Bennett, and Robert Brown (1852). Original from Austrian National Library. Digitized September 2, 2011.
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.
May 1, 2013
Reanimated stain.
From L’Examen de Soy-Mesme pour Bien se Préparer à la Communion par Jean Claude (1682). Original from the Lyon Public Library. Digitized August 16, 2010.
May 1, 2013
Ink hurricanes.
From the title page of L’Art de se Connoitre Soy-Mesme: ou, La Recherche des Sources de la Morale by Jacques Abbadie (1710). Original from Columbia University. Digitized October 16, 2009.
May 1, 2013
Bookmark.
From p. 200-01 of Quatre Traictez Excellents by Francisco Arias and Pillehotte (1609). Original from the Lyon Public Library. Digitized October 24, 2011.
April 30, 2013
Severe distortion: “a remarkable collection of (what can only be described as) hallucinogenic architectural views and plans.” Pointed out by asfaltics here.
Throughout The Builder, v. 77 (1899). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized February 26, 2011.
April 29, 2013
None of the above.
From the front matter of A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Samuel Johnson (1775). Original from the New York Public Library. Digitized June 11, 2007.
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 29, 2013
Printing error.
From p. 51-52 of The Bermondsey Murder: A Full Report of the Trial of Frederick George Manning and Maria Manning (1849). Original from Oxford University. Digitized September 19, 2006.
