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Came across a weird thing when cataloging an atlas published in France in 1784. It's Nouvel atlas portatif : destiné principalement pour l'instruction de la jeunesse, d'après la géographie moderne de feu l'abbé Delacroix / par le S. Robert de Vaugondy,
géographe ord? du roi, de S.M. Polonoise, Duc de Lorraine et de Bar, et de la Société Royale des Sciences et Celles Lettres de Nancy, et Censeur Royal.</div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If you look, yes, you can see the weird random ? after ord, which is an abbreviation of ord[inaire]. At first I couldn't figure out what the
heck it was doing there. The title page is engraved so it's not a typesetting error. Then I noticed that other SORs on individual maps in the atlas use the ? as a wildcard for the ends of various words, such as "Geog? ordinaire du Roy &c." or "Par le S. Robert
de Vaugondy Geog? ord? du Roi, de S.M. Pol? Duc de Lorr? et de Bar &c." So it seems it's just a generic symbol for "whatever the end of this word is." </span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Has anyone seen this before or can steer me towards some literature on the subject? It's not mission critical to cataloging the piece but
as a long time French student/speaker I've never seen this before and now I'm curious. Thanks!</span></div>
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