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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a signature statement in which the final gathering’s signature is completely new to me. The publication is a dissertation printed in Uppsala, Sweden in 1838. It is octavo, and the initial signature statement is “pi1 1-2^8 chi1 3^8.”
However, the last gathering, 4, is only a partial gathering containing 3 leaves and the signature (first leaf only) is 4 3/8, where 3/8 is written as a vertical fraction. I realize that this is essentially saying something along the lines of “3 of 8 leaves”
or some such, but how should I note it?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Should I record the signature as 4 3/8, or just 4 with a note? And how would I record the actual leaves for this gathering? Octavo’s in 8’s have been unusual for this collection, and I usually would have something in 4’s so will often have
statements such as E^4 (-E4).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you all in advance!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jason<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jason LeMay<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Assistant Law Librarian for Cataloging and Metadata<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Emory University School of Law | Hugh F. MacMillan Law Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1301 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322| 404-727-0850<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:jason.lemay@emory.edu"><span style="color:blue">jason.lemay@emory.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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