<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I agree with Richard, and would add that I don't think there is any significance to the order in which the signatures appear. <br><br>John Lancaster<br><div><br></div><div><br></div>from my iPhone </div><div><br>On Mar 26, 2013, at 0:40, "Noble, Richard" <<a href="mailto:richard_noble@brown.edu">richard_noble@brown.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font><font face="georgia,serif">Take the better choice that the compositor offered you -- little "a" -- and note that a3 is missigned A3. That leaves great "A" in the clear<font>, with n<font>o pi<font>-faced </font></font></font>competition.<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 6:06 PM, Randal Brandt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rbrandt@library.berkeley.edu" target="_blank">rbrandt@library.berkeley.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Oh, collective wisdom:<br>
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I am cataloging a copy of James Howell's Epistolae Ho-elianae (5th
ed., 1678; ESTC R14264)<br>
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It is an octavo in 8s, $4 signed. The preliminary gathering of the
book contains the title page, added engraved t.p., dedication, a
poem, and a table. The text begins with the second gathering. <br>
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In the preliminary gathering, the first two leaves are unsigned, the
third leaf is signed "A3" and the fourth leaf is signed "a4". The
text is signed A-2K. My question is how to record the preliminary
gathering in the Signatures statement: <br>
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1) [superscript pi]A<sup>8</sup>
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2) a<sup>8</sup>
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Clearly either A3 or a4 is a typographical error. (There are
numerous pagination errors throughout, as well). If the lower-case
'a' came first, I wouldn't have any question.<br>
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Thanks!<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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