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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">See Fredson Bowers,
<i>Principles of bibliographical description</i>, page 205 for use of the 8/4 format.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Matthew C. Haugen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 13, 2019 2:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> DCRM Users' Group <dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DCRM-L] Alternating leaf counts in 12mo book<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Christine, <br>
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I found the following at: <a href="https://manual.stcv.be/p/Collation_Formula">https://manual.stcv.be/p/Collation_Formula
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<p class="MsoNormal">Gatherings with regularly alternating numbers of folios can be amalgamated into a series formula, where the two numbers are given in superscript and separated by a forward slash. If there is an odd number of gatherings, the final gathering,
regular or not, is mentioned separately. The first number in superscript always corresponds to the number of folios from the first gathering of the series, the second number always corresponds to the number of leaves from the last gathering of the series.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.5rem"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Examples</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;box-sizing:border-box">I hope that helps!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 4:29 PM Christine Bone <<a href="mailto:Christine.Bone@umanitoba.ca">Christine.Bone@umanitoba.ca</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hello DCRM-L.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I have a 12mo book where the leaf counts alternate from one gathering to the next: A⁸B⁴C⁸D⁴ and so on.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Is there a shorthand to reflect this, or do I need to list them all individually?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:gray">Christine Bone | Cataloguing and Metadata Librarian | University of Manitoba Libraries | 204.474.7853 |
<a href="mailto:christine.bone@umanitoba.ca" target="_blank">christine.bone@umanitoba.ca</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Matthew C. Haugen<br>
Rare Book Cataloger | Columbia University Libraries<br>
<a href="mailto:matthew.haugen@columbia.edu" target="_blank">matthew.haugen@columbia.edu</a> | 212-851-2451 | he/him/his<o:p></o:p></p>
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