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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D">I’ve taken a look at the facsimile, and can make neither heads nor tails of the signature pattern. Is the volume bound too tightly to see where center sewing might be located?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#2E74B5">Deborah J Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. | Senior Cataloger | Folger Shakespeare Library | 201 East Capitol Street, S.E. Washington, DC 20003 |
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Daniel Axmacher<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 8 November, 2021 10:48<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [DCRM-L] odd index signatures<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I've run into another book with some confusing signatures and I'm hoping the listserv might be able to help.
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<p class="MsoNormal">In n the 10th volume of Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami Opera omnia, printed by Pieter Van der Aa in Leiden in 1706, the index is signed on every page as follows: a1-a21, b1-b6, c1-c30, and d1-d7.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Volumes 9 and 10 in the Athenaeum's set are bound together, but otherwise seem to be in typical folio format, paginated and signed continuously in gatherings of 4 up until the index. The final leaf preceding the index is 6B1. I think it
might be a singleton, but I've had a difficult time puzzling out the actual structure from the sewing and watermarks. I'm not really sure what to make of the odd signatures, or how to note them.
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<p class="MsoNormal">For reference, it looks like there's a republished facsimile copy up on HathiTrust that replicates the signatures.
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https://hdl.handle.net/2027/pst.000046018779?urlappend=%3Bseq=321%3Bownerid=13510798902567536-331</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone have any insight into what's going on with these signatures or advice on how to proceed?
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dan Axmacher<br>
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