January 2, 2013

Circular stains (perhaps from an inkwell). 

Throughout Forty Sermons by Richard Allestree (1684). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized November 3, 2009.

August 30, 2012

Foxing.

From the tissue covering the frontispiece to The Stage Coach: or, The Road of Life by John Mills (1843). Original from Oxford University. Digitized October 3, 2006.

August 18, 2012

Inky cat footprints!

From p. 170 of Clavis Bibliorum: The Key of the Bible, Unlocking the Richest Treasury of the Holy Scriptures by Francis Roberts (1675). Original from Princeton University. Digitized August 12, 2008.

August 16, 2012

Burnt? Water stains? Dirt?

From Human Beings: A Novel by Francis Lathom (1807). Original from Harvard University. Digitized May 11, 2007.