September 10, 2012
A cloud of torn paper approaches a woodcut illustration.
From the back matter of Der Hochwirdigen und Weitberuomten Stifft Alten Oting Löblich Herkomen by Johannes Aventinus (1519). Original from the Bavarian State Library. Digitized June 11, 2012.

A cloud of torn paper approaches a woodcut illustration.

From the back matter of Der Hochwirdigen und Weitberuomten Stifft Alten Oting Löblich Herkomen by Johannes Aventinus (1519). Original from the Bavarian State Library. Digitized June 11, 2012.

August 9, 2012
Illustration transferred to opposite page, with British Museum stamp.
From p. 291 of The History of the Life and Adventures of the Famous Knight Don Quixote de la Mancha by Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda, trans. Mr. Baker (1745). Original from Oxford University. Digitized September 26, 2007.

Illustration transferred to opposite page, with British Museum stamp.

From p. 291 of The History of the Life and Adventures of the Famous Knight Don Quixote de la Mancha by Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda, trans. Mr. Baker (1745). Original from Oxford University. Digitized September 26, 2007.

December 21, 2011

Plate left folded through digitization; same leaf from the back, showing the illustration through the page. 

From p. 18 of “The First Treatise, Concerning the Veines,” from The Workes of that Famous Chirurgion Ambrose Parey (Ambroise Paré) trans. by Tho. Johnson, with three tracts of Adrianus Spigelius (Adriaan van den Spiegel) (1649). 

December 2, 2011
Black and blue color plates misaligned.
From p. 284 of School Arts, v. 7 (1908). [Here]

Black and blue color plates misaligned.

From p. 284 of School Arts, v. 7 (1908). [Here]

October 3, 2011

Printed plates colored by stencil (in the printshop) or by owner.

From various pages of The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan (1763). [Here]

April 14, 2011
Woodcut with color added by child reader
From p.2 of New Robinson Crusoeby Daniel Defoe, trans. J. H. Campe (1799). [Here]

Woodcut with color added by child reader

From p.2 of New Robinson Crusoeby Daniel Defoe, trans. J. H. Campe (1799). [Here]