July 25, 2011

Colored endpapers digitized in black and white and simplified with filter; also, metal clips, gradient 

Front and rear endpapers of Crumbs from my Saddle Bags by E. C. Gavitt (1884). [Here]

July 24, 2011
Diagram left folded through digitization
From p.62 of Catalogue of a collection of ancient and mediæval rings and personal ornaments: formed for Lady Londesborough by Thomas Crofton Croker and Baroness Ursula Lucy Grace Bridgeman Denison Londesborough (1853). [Here]

Diagram left folded through digitization

From p.62 of Catalogue of a collection of ancient and mediæval rings and personal ornaments: formed for Lady Londesborough by Thomas Crofton Croker and Baroness Ursula Lucy Grace Bridgeman Denison Londesborough (1853). [Here]

July 24, 2011
Front cover with in blue cloth with gold stamping… and the pink-gloved finger of an employee
From front matter of A Tar of the Last War by Charles Edward Armstrong and Sir Charles Richardson (1855). [Here]

Front cover with in blue cloth with gold stamping… and the pink-gloved finger of an employee

From front matter of A Tar of the Last War by Charles Edward Armstrong and Sir Charles Richardson (1855). [Here]

July 22, 2011

Worn marbled paper over boards; with library artifacts

From Smoke Rings and Roses by Frank Chaffee (1826). [Here]

July 22, 2011
Dueling bookplates; Harvard purchase plate placed over a paint advertisement, MIT deposit plate placed on top of that, and eventually crossed out (eventually held by Harvard)
From front matter of Metallic Structures: corrosion and fouling and their prevention by John Newman (1896). [Here]

Dueling bookplates; Harvard purchase plate placed over a paint advertisement, MIT deposit plate placed on top of that, and eventually crossed out (eventually held by Harvard)

From front matter of Metallic Structures: corrosion and fouling and their prevention by John Newman (1896). [Here]

July 21, 2011
Underlined phrase: “Human beings can be awful cruel to one another.”
From p.306 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) by Mark Twain (1896). [Here]

Underlined phrase: “Human beings can be awful cruel to one another.”

From p.306 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) by Mark Twain (1896). [Here]

July 21, 2011

Marbled paper digitized in black and white

From front and back matter of Observations on the Virtues and Operations of Medicines by Bryan Robinson (1752). [Here]

July 21, 2011
Sample scraps of cloth (some missing), digitized in color
From The Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, v.3 (1884). [Here]

Sample scraps of cloth (some missing), digitized in color

From The Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, v.3 (1884). [Here]

July 20, 2011
Map left folded through digitization
From A Geography of the Bible by J. W. and J. A. Alexander for the Massachusetts Sunday School Union (1830). [Here]

Map left folded through digitization

From A Geography of the Bible by J. W. and J. A. Alexander for the Massachusetts Sunday School Union (1830). [Here]

July 20, 2011
Torn, scored leather cover (with brief glimpse of scanning equipment)
From rear cover of New Remedies by Robley Dunglison (1846). [Here]

Torn, scored leather cover (with brief glimpse of scanning equipment)

From rear cover of New Remedies by Robley Dunglison (1846). [Here]

July 20, 2011
Torn endpaper reveals writing (and metal clip) behind it
From back matter of Essay on Sheep: Their Varieties by Robert R. Livingston (1809). [Here]

Torn endpaper reveals writing (and metal clip) behind it

From back matter of Essay on Sheep: Their Varieties by Robert R. Livingston (1809). [Here]

July 19, 2011
Medical diagram left folded; human body foreshortened
From p.32-3 of Robb & Co.’s Family Physician by R. L. Robb (1882). [Here]

Medical diagram left folded; human body foreshortened

From p.32-3 of Robb & Co.’s Family Physician by R. L. Robb (1882). [Here]

July 19, 2011
Notes on fruit trees in back endpapers (with metal clip)
From back matter of Essay on Sheep: Their Varieties by Robert R. Livingston (1813). [Here]

Notes on fruit trees in back endpapers (with metal clip)

From back matter of Essay on Sheep: Their Varieties by Robert R. Livingston (1813). [Here]

July 19, 2011
Diagram left folded through digitization 
From p.56 of The Edinburgh New Dispensatory by William Lewis and John Rotherham (1801). [Here]

Diagram left folded through digitization 

From p.56 of The Edinburgh New Dispensatory by William Lewis and John Rotherham (1801). [Here]

July 19, 2011
Paper color/aging differences (from repair?) captured by digitization
From back matter of The Modern Part of an [sic] Universal History (1760). [Here]

Paper color/aging differences (from repair?) captured by digitization

From back matter of The Modern Part of an [sic] Universal History (1760). [Here]