DCRB

Elizabeth Robinson erobinson at huntington.org
Fri Oct 29 10:32:14 MDT 1999


Question: Couldn't a "figure" be on a plate as well as leaves integral to a gathering? Simply an illustration? Maybe:

Figure. See Illustration.

--Eliz. R. 

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From: 	Sider, Sandra[SMTP:Sandra.Sider at sothebys.com]
Sent: 	Thursday, October 28, 1999 5:16 AM
To: 	'dcrb-l at lib.byu.edu'
Subject: 	FW: DCRB 


> Sandra Sider / October 26, 1999
> Revisions following ALA Annual meeting
> 
> DCRB  "GLOSSARY"  REVISIONS
> 
> N.B.  A few terms are slightly recast after working on the AMREMM Glossary
> 
> with Gregory.  "Fingerprinting" has been nixed by most people. Also,
> because 
> several terms are cross-referenced, it would not facilitate discussion to 
> post one entry at a time for comment.  "[Stet]" means that the entry
> remains 
> unchanged from the current printed version.
> 
> Query    -- Add GATHERING?  Reactions have been very mixed so far.
> *************************
>     
> Bibliographic description.  [Stet.]
> 
> Broadside, broadsheet. Cataloguer's term for single-sheet publication,
> q.v.
> 
> Chief title. [Stet, using first sentence only.] See also Title proper.  
> 
> *Edition. [Stet, adding "(This definition is grossly oversimplified;
> please 
> see references for further clarification.)"]
>  
> Figure.  [N.B.: new term.]  An illustration printed on a page of text, or 
> printed on a page which is an integral part of a gathering.  See also
> Plate.
> 
> Folder. [Stet.]
> 
> Frontispiece.  [N.B.: new term.] An illustrative leaf preceding (and
> usually 
> facing) the title page.  The frontispiece may be a plate, or may be an 
> integral part of a gathering. 
> 
> Illustration. [Stet.]
> 
> Impression.  [Stet.]
> 
> *Issue.  [Stet, inserting "(usually)" before "of an impression" in the
> first 
> line.]
> 
> Leaf of plates.  [Stet.]
> 
> Plate.  A primarily illustrative leaf that is (usually) not an integral
> part 
> of a gathering.  Tables, scores, and similar material printed on leaves
> that 
> are not an integral part of a gathering are also treated as plates.  See
> also 
> Figure.
> 
> Printing. [N.B.: new term.]  See Impression.
> 
> Single-sheet publication. [Stet.]
> 
> *State.  [Stet.]
> 
> Title page.  The leaf on which the title proper appears.  [Stet for 
> remainder.]
> 
> Title proper.  [Stet, but removing the word "chief" from first line.] See 
> also Chief title.
> 
> Variant.  [Stet.]
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