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<p class=MsoNormal>Hello all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I’m a fairly new cataloger, and this is my first post
to the list. I never post to these lists because I haven’t got all the “cataloger
lingo” down, so I hope you’ll forgive my inexperience if I say
something wrong! I am cataloging a 19<sup>th</sup>-century Italian publication
with some unusual numbering on the signatures. It starts with two unsigned leaves,
then the first numbered signature says 1* and has four leaves. Next comes
signature 2 with two leaves, then 2* with four leaves, then 3* with two leaves,
then 3 with four leaves, and so on and so forth until 10, which has four
leaves. I hope that makes sense. Basically, it looks like this:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>[1]<sup>2</sup> 1*<sup>4</sup> 2<sup>2</sup> 2*<sup>4</sup>
3<sup>2</sup> 3*<sup>4</sup> 4<sup>2</sup> 4*<sup>4 </sup>5<sup>2</sup> 5*<sup>4
</sup>6<sup>2</sup> 6*<sup>4 </sup>7<sup>2</sup> 7*<sup>4 </sup>8<sup>2</sup> 8*<sup>4
</sup>9<sup>2</sup> 9*<sup>4 </sup>10<sup>4</sup><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I imagine there is a better way to do that, but I don’t
know how. It is in a modern pamphlet binding, which is too tight to see the stitching.
Any ideas?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Alisa Ellingson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Special Collections Cataloger<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Brigham Young University<o:p></o:p></p>
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