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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:#1f497d">Many thanks Messrs. Lancaster and Noble.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:#1f497d">Best,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:#1f497d">Will</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu">dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu">dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Noble, Richard<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 16, 2015 4:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> DCRM Users' Group<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [DCRM-L] 12mos with missigned third leaves</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">This is the standard ca. 1st half of c19 way of signing the offcut in formats that have them (12mo and 18mo for the most part). It doesn't mean "2nd leaf" but "2nd printed signature in this gathering".</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">The signing statement can most easily read: $1,3 signed; signing $3 as '$2'.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Numerical signatures were usually asterisked: $1,3 signed; signing $3 as '$*'.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">In 12s you may find: $1,2,5 signed; signing $5 as '$3'.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">A selection of <i>exempla</i> here:</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://josiah.brown.edu/search~S7/X?SEARCH=%28%22signing%203%20as%202%22%29&SORT=D">http://josiah.brown.edu/search~S7/X?SEARCH=%28%22signing%203%20as%202%22%29&SORT=D</a></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://josiah.brown.edu/search~S7/X?SEARCH=%28%22signing%205%20as%203%22%29&SORT=D">http://josiah.brown.edu/search~S7/X?SEARCH=%28%22signing%205%20as%203%22%29&SORT=D</a></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all"></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">RICHARD NOBLE :: RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER :: JOHN HAY LIBRARY</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">BROWN UNIVERSITY :: PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02912 :: 401-863-1187</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><</span><a href="mailto:RICHARD_NOBLE@BROWN.EDU" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Richard_Noble@Br</span></a><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><a href="http://own.edu" target="_blank">own.edu</a>></span></p></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Will Evans <<a href="mailto:evans@bostonathenaeum.org" target="_blank">evans@bostonathenaeum.org</a>> wrote:</p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Two 12mos (or what I think are 12mos) have crossed my desk in the past 24 hours each with gatherings of 6 leaves, one a 1787 New Brunswick, New Jersey imprint, the other an 1822 Dublin, Ireland imprint, and both have gatherings where the third leaf is consistently missigned as the second leaf (e.g. A3 is signed A2). Is this just a fluke, or am I missing some known irregular printing practice? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Best,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Will </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><b><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Will Evans</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Chief Rare Materials Catalog Librarian</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Library of the Boston Athenaeum</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">10 1/2 Beacon Street</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Boston, MA 02108</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Tel: <a href="tel:617-227-0270%20ext.%20224" target="_blank">617-227-0270 ext. 224</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Fax: <a href="tel:617-227-5266" target="_blank">617-227-5266</a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif""><a href="http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/" target="_blank">www.bostonathenaeum.org</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style> </p></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></body></html>