[DCRM-L] 1 gathering signed using 2 different symbols?

[Noble, Richard]

The asterisk is the symbol normally used by Dutch printers for signing preliminaries (*, 2*, etc.). Don't know why they'd have run out of asterisks, but I'd give something on the order of (assuming normal signing patterns)

500  Collation: 12mo: *^8 A-E^12 F^4 [$7 (-*6,7, F4) signed; signing *3-5 as [fleuron]3-5]; 72 leaves ...

I suppose it could be "missigning *3-5", but it looks deliberate.

If you're just giving a signature statement, as opposed to a collational formula, you can add a note, e.g.

500  Signatures: *^8 A-E^12 F^4 (signing *3-5 as [fleuron]3-5).


RICHARD NOBLE : RARE BOOKS CATALOGER : JOHN HAY LIBRARY : BROWN UNIVERSITY
PROVIDENCE, RI 02912 : 401-863-1187/FAX 863-2093 : RICHARD_NOBLE at BROWN.EDU 


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Subject: [DCRM-L] 1 gathering signed using 2 different symbols?

Hello all,
I am recording the signature statement for Joannis MiltonI Defensio
secunda pro populo Anglicano (Hagae-Comitum,1654) 
and the first 8 leaves are signed: t.p. unsigned, *2,
[fleuron]3-[fleuron]5, last 3 unsigned.
12mo format, the rest of the gatherings are singed A-D12 F4.
Not sure what to make of that first gathering.
Any suggestions?

Thanks
-Silvana