Okay, I'll give it a shot.<br><br>Presuming that the engraved title isn't signed, according to Bowers (p. 244) the collation should look like this:<br><br>A^8 (-A2 + <strong style="font-weight: normal;" class="selflink">χ</strong>1)<br>
<br>I mean, because technically that engraved title is a cancellans, right? The contents of leaf <strong style="font-weight: normal;" class="selflink">χ</strong>1 (I mean, the fact that it is an engraved title) you'd mention in the physical description as a plate and explain in a note. I think. See DCRM(B) 5B9.4.<br>
<br>Yours,<br>MG<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Nickeson, Walter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wnickeson@library.rochester.edu">wnickeson@library.rochester.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I have a 1734 edition of Tacitus's works (Amstelaedami : Apud<br>
Janssonio-Waesbergios, MDCCXXXIV [1734]). The first leaf is the title,<br>
blank on the verso. Its conjugate leaf has been cut down to a stub on to<br>
which has been pasted an engraved t.p. The next leaves are signed A3,<br>
A4, A5, and then there are three unsigned leaves to make eight in all<br>
before gathering B (also in 8) starts. Does this first gathering require<br>
special description or explanation? My ancient notes from my Rare Books<br>
cataloging class show an example of an engraved t.p. inserted into a<br>
gathering: A^6(A1+engr. t.p.). Perhaps by analogy I should give:<br>
A^8(-A2+engr. t.p.)?<br>
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