[DCRM-L] Question about 5B9.1: counting leaves of plates folded and bound at the inner margin

[Jeff Barton]

I have a book, Tabart's "True History of a Little Old Woman" (1806) which
raised a similar question to me.  There's a 4-panel frontis. panorama (also
found bound in at the end in some copies), bound in at the middle and folded
out by opening each of two facing double-leaves.)  It's difficult to tell
for sure if this was all printed together on one large leaf and then folded,
or printed on 4 separate leaves, the same size at others, and then joined by
the published, due to later reinforcement of the hinged places, but I think
it was originally one engraved sheet.)  

 

Would this properly be counted as one leaf (with the fold-out noted in the
300 field description, with the dimensions, and detailed more in a 500
note), rather than as four leaves? 

 

This leaf is printed on one side only, while the 12 other illustrated leaves
in the book are printed back-to-back on both sides of the leaf, as is most
of the text, so I think that "pages" is the appropriate unit for them?  So
we might wind up with illustrated leaves and pages in the description, which
could be confusing?  (Especially since the book was later issued with the 4
panorama leaves cut up and bound in as separate leaves so the number of ill.
leaves in the 300 field could help distinguish the two variations.)

 

Thanks for any thoughts!

 

Jeff Barton

Cotsen Children's Library Cataloger

Rare Books & Special Collections Department

Princeton University Library

One Washington Rd.

Princeton, NJ 08544 

 <mailto:jpbarton at princeton.edu> jpbarton at princeton.edu 

609-258-3166

 

 

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
Behalf Of Deborah J. Leslie
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 5:59 PM
To: DCRM Revision Group List
Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Question about 5B9.1: counting leaves of plates folded
and bound at the inner margin

 

Hi Rebecca,

 

I'm afraid that each of those images spread across two leaves and bound in
the middle are to be counted as [2] leaves of plates (distinct from folded
leaves, which by definition can be unfolded.) DCRM(B) is not departing from
previous practice.  Any special information about the content of the plates
- such as that there are 57 images on 107 plates - can be put in a note. 

 

By the way, I looked up this title myself in OCLC, and the only dcrb record
that I saw was ESTC cataloging in a Huntington record. Unfortunately,
despite the coding, the ESTC frequently employs non-standard practices and
cannot provide a reliable model for standard rare book cataloging. 

 

I also noticed that many records have '32' or '[32]' leaves of plates, while
others have '57' or '[57]'. Just think what a service you'll do, Rebecca, by
creating an fully-correct and authoritative record for this title?

 

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
Behalf Of McCallum, Rebecca
Sent: Wednesday, 01 December, 2010 15:35
To: dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu
Subject: [DCRM-L] Question about 5B9.1: counting leaves of plates folded and
bound at the inner margin

 

Hello everyone,

 

I'd like to make sure that I'm correctly understanding DCRM(B) 5B9.1,
specifically the sentence that says: 

"Count a plate folded and bound at the inner margin as two leaves of
plates."

 

I'm currently editing our bib record for John Ogilby's "America: being the
latest, and most accurate description of the Nevv VVorld." published in
1671.

 

The book is full of plates that are folded and bound at the inner margin, as
described in 5B9.1, but which really each represent a single image or map
printed as a single leaf.

 

In various records in OCLC (none of which are DCRM(B) records, and only one
of which is DCRB), the number of leaves of plates is generally listed as
[57].  However, if I count those folded plates as two leaves, the total
count should really be [107] leaves of plates.  Is DCRM(B) departing from
previous practice here?  If so, how can I indicate that there are really
only 57 images, rather than 107?

 

Thank you for any clarification on this!

 

- Rebecca

 

Rebecca McCallum

Cataloging Librarian

Wesleyan University

252 Church Street

Middletown, CT  06457

(860) 685-3839

rmccallum at wesleyan.edu

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