September 7, 2011

Stained or browned endpapers; not washed out to white like those previous. With notes (“Mrs. R. died 26 Dec. 1800”), library marks/artifacts, and equipment clips.

From back matter of Memoirs of the late Mrs. Robinson Written by Herself, v.2, by Mary Robinson (1803). [Here]

September 1, 2011
Water-wrinkled (?) title page, with ownership marks, in ink.
From A Compleat History of the Canon and Writers of the Books of the Old and New Testament by Louis Ellies Du Pin (1699). [Here]

Water-wrinkled (?) title page, with ownership marks, in ink.

From A Compleat History of the Canon and Writers of the Books of the Old and New Testament by Louis Ellies Du Pin (1699). [Here]

August 31, 2011
Various names and signatures written/practiced in rear endpapers.
From back matter of History of the Rites, Customes and Manner of Life of the Present Jews by Leo Modena (tr. Edmund Chilmead, 1650). [Here]

Various names and signatures written/practiced in rear endpapers.

From back matter of History of the Rites, Customes and Manner of Life of the Present Jews by Leo Modena (tr. Edmund Chilmead, 1650). [Here]

August 25, 2011

Front endpaper with ownership marks in pencil and ink, overlaid with unknown bookplate and digitization equipment clip; ”confined to the library” statement contradicted by digitization and subsequent digital distribution.

From front matter of The Dramatick Works of John Dryden, Esq: In six volumes, v. 5, by John Dryden (1717). [Here]

August 25, 2011
Inscription from front endpapers: “Alice P Bean / Chelsea Ma. / (and sewed and bound by her)”
From front matter of The Galaxy, v. 12 (1871). [Here]
Note: Binder’s tickets are uncommon enough, but I’ve never seen the binder’s signature! Too bad the binding wasn’t documented. —kcw

Inscription from front endpapers: “Alice P Bean / Chelsea Ma. / (and sewed and bound by her)”

From front matter of The Galaxy, v. 12 (1871). [Here]

Note: Binder’s tickets are uncommon enough, but I’ve never seen the binder’s signature! Too bad the binding wasn’t documented. —kcw

August 16, 2011

Marks of ownership (“James C. [?] Todd / March 13th 1837”) digitized from front of page and back of page, where the ink bled through.

From front matter of The Calvanistic Magazine, v.1-2 (1827). [Here]

August 5, 2011
Title page with ownership marks (“Molly Briscoes [sic]”, “Patty Briscoe”, University of Virginia library stamp), partially obscured (by placeholder?).
From front matter of Sermons to Young Women, v.2 by James Fordyce (1767). [Here]

Title page with ownership marks (“Molly Briscoes [sic]”, “Patty Briscoe”, University of Virginia library stamp), partially obscured (by placeholder?).

From front matter of Sermons to Young Women, v.2 by James Fordyce (1767). [Here]

June 16, 2011
Ink that leaked through the page/as seen through the page
From back matter of A New Spelling Book by John Comly (1811). [Here]

Ink that leaked through the page/as seen through the page

From back matter of A New Spelling Book by John Comly (1811). [Here]