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<div>Howdy everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>I'm seeking advice on an
edition of The Wonderful life and surprising adventures of that renowned
hero Robinson Crusoe. Boston: J. White and Co., 1792. The bookseller
calls it an 8vo, ESTC<span id="gmail-m_-8475067393608682896m_7476523659487262664m_287554318074753973m_-7113436420591803741gmail-mtch"> and the OCLC record call it a 12mo, and it's down in Evans American Bibliography as a 24mo.<br></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_-8475067393608682896m_7476523659487262664m_287554318074753973m_-7113436420591803741gmail-mtch"><br></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_-8475067393608682896m_7476523659487262664m_287554318074753973m_-7113436420591803741gmail-mtch">It's
14 cm in height, in gatherings of six, A-F, with vertical chain lines,
and no watermarks that I can find. A1 and F6 are used as paste-downs,
and it's signed on the first and third leaves. The third leaf of each
gathering is signed A2, B2, C2 etc. and I'm not entirely sure what to
make of that.<br></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_-8475067393608682896m_7476523659487262664m_287554318074753973m_-7113436420591803741gmail-mtch"><br></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_-8475067393608682896m_7476523659487262664m_287554318074753973m_-7113436420591803741gmail-mtch">Based
on all that, I'm inclined to think it's an 18mo, or maybe long 24mo?
But I'm not sure how to distinguish the two, and with the uncertainty
between ESTC and Evans I think I might be missing something. Does anyone
have advice or insight that might help clear this up? Thanks in
advance.</span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_-8475067393608682896m_7476523659487262664m_287554318074753973m_-7113436420591803741gmail-mtch"><br></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_-8475067393608682896m_7476523659487262664m_287554318074753973m_-7113436420591803741gmail-mtch">Best,<br></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_-8475067393608682896m_7476523659487262664m_287554318074753973m_-7113436420591803741gmail-mtch">Dan Axmacher<font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div>
-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><font color="#888888"><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Daniel P. Axmacher</span></div><div><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">[he/him/his]</span></div><div><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Rare Materials Catalog Librarian<br></span></div><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Boston Athenæum<br></span></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></div><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="tel:%28617%29%20227-0270" value="+16172270270" target="_blank">617-227-0270 ext. <font color="#888888">245</font></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></span></div></div></div></div></div>