[DCRM-L] French printing term

[Hanusek, Denise]

Thanks, William.  I checked the Weller volumes but my book isn't listed.  I guess I'll just have to put "xx" in the fixed field.

Denise Marie Hanusek, Th.D.
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-----Original Message-----
From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of W.A. Hale
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 5:09 PM
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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] French printing term

On Feb 5 2009, Hanusek, Denise wrote:

>            I am hoping that someone on the list can help me with an
> unfamiliar printing term that I have come across recently. I am
> cataloging a 17th century rare book printed (I believe) in Utrecht in
> French. Just above the imprint it says "Iouxte l'Imprime." And then "a
> Utrecht. M.DC.LXXIII."
>
>            I have "Googled" iouxte and it seems to have different
> possibilities for meaning. It might mean "according to," also "adjoining
> or contiguous to." But then, does that mean, if this book is printed
> "according to" the printing from Utrecht, has this book has actually been
> printed somewhere else? Utrecht is the only city on the t.p. Iouxte seems
> also to be connected with fictitious imprints.

"According to" is right. It's generally in very small print and easy to
miss so the unwary book buyer (or cataloguer!) might mistake a pirated copy
for the original edition. Your book is almost certainly a pirated edition,
printed elsewhere, of a work originally printed in Utrecht. If you look it
up in a specialised bibliography such as Weller's "Die falschen und
fingirten Druckorte" you may be able to find out more.

--
William Hale.

Rare Books Department,
Cambridge University Library,
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Cambridge CB2 9RH.

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Email: wah26 at cam.ac.uk



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