October 15, 2012
Printed binder’s waste. Discovered by Tiffany Esteban of Dr. Terry Harpold’s University of Florida course Paratexts.
From the spine of Svenskt och Tyskt Hand-Lexicon, v. 1, by Carl Heinrich (1834). Original from the Bavarian State Library. Digitized May 11, 2011.

Printed binder’s waste. Discovered by Tiffany Esteban of Dr. Terry Harpold’s University of Florida course Paratexts.

From the spine of Svenskt och Tyskt Hand-Lexicon, v. 1, by Carl Heinrich (1834). Original from the Bavarian State Library. Digitized May 11, 2011.

February 18, 2012
A glimpse of the book’s spine in the digitization environment.
From the back matter of The Rock Tombs of El-Amarna: The Tomb of Meyra by N. de G. Davies, ed. by F. Ll. Griffith (1905). 

A glimpse of the book’s spine in the digitization environment.

From the back matter of The Rock Tombs of El-Amarna: The Tomb of Meyra by N. de G. Davies, ed. by F. Ll. Griffith (1905). 

January 7, 2012
Broken spine-leather with paper label pasted into front endpapers (after recasing?).
From Observations on English Architecture by James Dallaway (1806).

Broken spine-leather with paper label pasted into front endpapers (after recasing?).

From Observations on English Architecture by James Dallaway (1806).

January 5, 2012
Broken endpaper reveals interior of spine.
From Maroon Tales: University of Chicago Stories by Will Cuppy (1909). 

Broken endpaper reveals interior of spine.

From Maroon Tales: University of Chicago Stories by Will Cuppy (1909). 

November 30, 2011
Spine and front cover digitized in black and white; pixellated.
From A Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, v. 2 (1906). [Here]

Spine and front cover digitized in black and white; pixellated.

From A Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, v. 2 (1906). [Here]

August 30, 2011

Printed plates left folded through digitization; anatomical content.

From various pages of An Essay on Crookedness, or Distortions of the Spine by Philip Jones (1788). [Here]

July 28, 2011
Image of spine of bound periodical, with library sticker, checkered digitization equipment, and black and white filter.
From The Ibis, v.5 (1899). [Here]

Image of spine of bound periodical, with library sticker, checkered digitization equipment, and black and white filter.

From The Ibis, v.5 (1899). [Here]

June 3, 2011
Spine of book digitized with the hand of the employee/scanning environment
From digitization of Recueil de Pieces (1678). [Here]

Spine of book digitized with the hand of the employee/scanning environment

From digitization of Recueil de Pieces (1678). [Here]

April 27, 2011
Three-dimensional spine view and transferred image from bookplate; evidence that boards are detached; employee’s finger has been auto-corrected with a filter
From front matter of The History of Heredotus (1737). [Here]

Three-dimensional spine view and transferred image from bookplate; evidence that boards are detached; employee’s finger has been auto-corrected with a filter

From front matter of The History of Heredotus (1737). [Here]