<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Margaret's solution is a good one. Bowers deals with something like this situation at the top of page 224, his notation using parens: A-L^4 (MN)^4 O-R^4 and (AB)^4 C-T^4. So there's choice, but either way it's best to use words to explain the anomaly. It's likely a sign of divided or non-sequential printing, of course, where it wasn't possible to calculate exactly how many gatherings would eventually be needed, filling out the sequence so as not to send the binder on a goose chase after non-existent gatherings.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><font face="'courier new', monospace">RICHARD NOBLE :: RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER :: JOHN HAY LIBRARY</font><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">BROWN UNIVERSITY  ::  PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02912  ::  401-863-1187</font></div><div><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace"><</span><a href="mailto:RICHARD_NOBLE@BROWN.EDU" style="font-family:'courier new',monospace" target="_blank">Richard_Noble@Br</a><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace"><a href="http://own.edu" target="_blank">own.edu</a></span><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace">></span></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 1:36 PM Margaret F. Nichols <<a href="mailto:mnr1@cornell.edu">mnr1@cornell.edu</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">




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<span>a-b⁴ C² A-4B⁴ 4C/4D⁴ 4E/4F/4G⁴ 4H-5I⁴ 5K²</span></div>
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<span>Given how unusual this signing is, I think it would be helpful to add a note to make it clear that 4C/4D and 4E/4F/4G each consist of a single
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<div id="gmail-m_-1388953455812932155divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> DCRM-L <<a href="mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu" target="_blank">dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</a>> on behalf of Jessie Sherwood <<a href="mailto:jcsherwood@law.berkeley.edu" target="_blank">jcsherwood@law.berkeley.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 15, 2020 7:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu" target="_blank">dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu" target="_blank">dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DCRM-L] Signature question</font>
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<div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">In cleaning up some of our records, I've come across the following signature statement:
<span>a-b⁴ C² A-4B⁴ CCCC DDDD⁴ EEEE FFFF GGGG⁴ 4H-5I⁴ 5K².</span><br>
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<div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><span>"CCCC DDDD" and "EEEE FFFF GGGG" each designate a single gathering."</span></div>
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<div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Is there a better way of describing this?</div>
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