Just when physical book lovers were losing hope in a world of Kindles and iPads, Google Book Art emerged. Since 2011, this Tumblr has collected the detailed, often beautiful, images that lay not in the writing itself but the history of the eyes who read it.
A sweet child-painted drawing shows the subtle treasures hidden in books.
Throughout The Dutch Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins (1911). Digitized April 7, 2005.
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Even the images, simply titled "Employee's Hand" look like eery pieces of pop art.
An Account of the Societies for Reformation of Manners, in England and Ireland by Josiah Woodward (1701). Digitized Jan. 24, 2011.
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And the basics of the library books become oddly comforting.
From the front matter of English Traditional Songs and Carols edited by Lucy Etheldred Broadwood (1908). Original from Harvard University. Digitized Nov. 6, 2007.
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"The End" is framed by blotted ink marks.
From p. 450, Female Piety: or, The Young Woman’s Friend and Guide Through Life to Immortality by John Angell James (1853). Digitized Feb. 13, 2007
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