<div dir="ltr">Hi Sarah, <div><br></div><div>I take this to be an abbreviation of "Junior" relating to the name I. Flaxman which immediately precedes it. That is, John Flaxman, Junior.<div><br><div><a href="http://www.wedgwoodmuseum.org.uk/learning/discovery-packs/pack/classical/chapter/john-flaxman-jr-1755-1826">http://www.wedgwoodmuseum.org.uk/learning/discovery-packs/pack/classical/chapter/john-flaxman-jr-1755-1826</a><br></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Flaxman">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Flaxman</a></div><div><br></div><div>Matt</div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 2:32 PM Sarah Stanhope <<a href="mailto:sstanhop@gmail.com">sstanhop@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Good Afternoon All, <div><br></div><div>I am cataloging a book and I came across the word "Junr." which appears before the date on the title page. The 'r' is raised about the rest of the text. Does anyone know what this means? I thought maybe it could be some kind of shorthand or a designation for a dating system.</div><div><br></div><div>I have included pictures! Please let me know if you can offer any insight. </div><div><br></div><div>Here is the OCLC #: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,"Arial Unicode MS",Helvetica,Clean,sans-serif,MSICurrency;font-size:12px">123296395</span></div><div><br></div><div>Many thanks, </div><div><br></div><div>Sarah Stanhope</div><div>Managing Catalog Librarian</div><div>Hirsch Library</div><div>The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston</div><div><br></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">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<br></div></div></div></div></div></div>