I see the superscripts were deleted... sorry. Here is the revised e-mail:<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Robert Steele</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rosteele@law.gwu.edu">rosteele@law.gwu.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 10:30 AM<br>
Subject: Collation conundrum<br>To: <a href="mailto:dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu">dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu</a><br><br><br>
<div>Help. I'm stumped.</div>
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<div>I have a large-paper copy of Codice civile del Regno d'Italia. Torino : Stamperia reale, [1865?]. The gatherings are in 4 (I can see the sewing, and the edges are untrimmed). </div>
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<div>Signatures: pi[superscript 4] 1[superscript 4] 1[star][superscript 4] 2[superscript 4] 2[star][superscript 4] 3[superscript 4] 3[star][superscript 4] ... 33[star][superscript 4]</div>
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<div>A similar copy without oversize margins digitized in Hathi Trust lacks the starred signatures.</div>
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<div>My guess is that the work was brought out in ocatavo, then the same plates were used to create a larger quarto edition, with extra signatures for every other gathering.</div>
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<div>How can I write a concise collation statement? (pi[superscript 4] 1-33[superscript 8] does not seem correct, since this copy is not octavo).</div>
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<div>Again, help.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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<div>Robert Steele</div>
<div>Cataloging Librarian</div>
<div>Jacob Burns Law Library</div>
<div>George Washington University</div>
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