<div dir="ltr">Yes, I've had a difficult time finding the sewing. After taking another look, I think it could be a big quarto rather than a folio. I've found slivers of watermarks in the gutters here and there, but I haven't been able to identify the actual gatherings. <br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 2:50 PM Deborah J. Leslie <<a href="mailto:DJLeslie@folger.edu" target="_blank">DJLeslie@folger.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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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">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:9pt;color:rgb(46,116,181)">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 <<a href="mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu" target="_blank">dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</a>> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Daniel Axmacher<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 8 November, 2021 10:48<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu" target="_blank">dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DCRM-L] odd index signatures<u></u><u></u></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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<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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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><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>