March 25, 2013

Collage of peritexts. 

From the title page and title page verso of From Under the Cloud: or, Personal Reminiscences of Insanity by Anna Agnew (1886). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized October 5, 2007.

February 7, 2013

Reader connects the dots of a paper punch.

From p. 99 of The Unfortunate Traveller: or, the Life of Jack Wilton (1892). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized November 23, 2005.

December 10, 2012

A library paper punch adds stars to illustrated constellations.

From Salt-water Poems and Ballads by John Masefiel (1916). Original from Harvard University. Digitized March 27, 2006.