<div dir="ltr">(First, thank you for using the correct plural of "y'all" - it's a pleasure to see)...<div><br></div><div>I cataloged an artist books that was 1 sheet, folded into an accordion. I used this rule:</div><div><br></div><div>"5B14.2. For a publication consisting of a single sheet folded into multiple panels,
include in parentheses a count of the number of physical panels on one side of
the sheet when unfolded. Include both blank panels and panels containing text
or illustrations in the count. Enclose the number in square brackets. Provide
details of the sheet’s layout (including the numbering of the panels) in a note, if
considered important.
1 folded sheet ([16] panels)
Optional note: A folded sheet with 16 panels on each side when
unfolded. All panels are unnumbered.
1 folded sheet ([4] panels)"<br></div><div><br></div><div>BUT, you've individual cards that have been hinged. Are they numbered? Could you be this vague?:</div><div><br></div><div>"1 v. (unpaged)"</div><div><br></div><div>from:</div><div>5B8. Lack of numbering
5B8.1. If the whole volume is unpaginated or unfoliated, count the pages or
leaves and record the total in arabic numerals within square brackets. State the
total in terms of pages or leaves, but not of both. Begin the count with the first
page or leaf of the first gathering and end the count with the last page or leaf of
the last gathering, as instructed in 5B3. Count all blank pages or leaves.
[104] p.
[88] leaves
5B8.2. Optionally, if determining the total number of pages or leaves of an
unnumbered volume might damage an item in fragile condition, give one of the
AREA 5. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
108 Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books)
designations used for publications issued in more than one physical unit (see
5B15.1) followed by “unpaged” or “unfoliated.”<br></div><div><br></div><div>Estelle</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Graham Skinner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:skinner@bostonathenaeum.org" target="_blank">skinner@bostonathenaeum.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Howdy all y'all,<br><br>
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">I’m writing with a question about describing the extent of a
certain item I’ve been working on:</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"> </font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Jung Japan beim Spiel, pub. E. Twitmeyer, 1888?</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"> </font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Individual pieces of card (board) have been hinged with
cloth in an accordion style, printed on both sides, and my questions is:</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"> </font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">How would one describe this in the extent (300 $a)?</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Would they be pages? ... The front and back covers are the same and it seems it can be read from either direction.<br></font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"> </font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">
In the pictures: Some of the panels have lost
their cloth hinge and detached.<br><br></font></span></div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Cheers,<br></font></span></div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Graham Skinner<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"></font></span></font></span><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><div><div><br>-- <br><div class="m_-5152459760777486329gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Graham Skinner<br></span></span></span></font></div><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Rare Materials Catalog Librarian<br></span></span></span></font></div><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Boston </span></span></span><span class="m_-5152459760777486329gmail-HOEnZb m_-5152459760777486329gmail-adL"><font color="#888888"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Athenæum<br></span></span></span></font></span><font color="#888888"><div><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">10½ Beacon Street<br></span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Boston, MA 02108<br></span></font></font><font color="#888888"><div><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><a href="tel:617-227-0270%20ext.%20257" value="+16172270270" target="_blank">617-227-0270 ext. 257</a><br></span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><a href="http://www.bostonathenaeum.org" target="_blank">www.bostonathenaeum.org</a></span></font><br></div></div>
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