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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#444444">I am still new to rare book cataloging and I’ve run across a signature situation I can’t quite decipher. The book in question was printed in Pennsylvania in 1810. The bulk of the signatures are clear; they run
[A]⁸ B-C⁸ [D]⁸ E-N⁸, but things get confusing with O. The gathering proceeds in the same fashion as the preceding ones for four leaves, but the leaf following O4 is signed with what I am reading as “O2”, and it is the first of what appears to be a two-leaf
gathering. I am fairly certain there is visible stitching between O2-O3, so my inclination is these are indeed separate gatherings, but recording O2<sup>2</sup> does not seem correct. Assuming I am interpreting things correctly, what is the best way to record
this final gathering? Thanks for any help, advice, etc. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Seth Huber<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Technical Services Librarian/Head of Cataloging<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Missouri—Columbia<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:huberse@missouri.edu">huberse@missouri.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">573-884-4648<o:p></o:p></p>
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