[DCRM-L] Collation conundrum

[Patrick Olson]

It's a bit technical, but I usually treat those situations like this:

500 Signatures: pi^2(pi1+A^8).

It's basically an adaptation of Bowers's instructions on recording folds
inserted within a gathering. There's no mistaking the construction and it
obviates the need for a note (though there's definitely something to be
said for the explanatory note).

Pat Olson

On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Deborah J. Leslie <DJLeslie at folger.edu>wrote:

> I've dealt with this issue before but don't remember how it was resolved.
> Because it's a bifolium, it seems to make a little more sense to render it:
>
> 500 Signatures: pi^2 A^8; pi2 wraps around to enclose gathering A.
>
> There must be a better way to word the note.
>
>
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> Hoping the collective wisdom can suggest the best way to formulate an
> early 18th-century continental pamphlet of 10 leaves. It's a  4to in 8s
> with an extra fold wrapped around the regular 8 leaf gathering thus:
> [1 blank leaf preceding t.p.],  normal 8-leaf gathering A,  [single leaf
> comprising p. 17 and blank [18]]
>
> The simplest formula would seem to be:
> [pi]1 A^8  [chi]1
>
> with a note explaining that pi and chi are conjugate. This should be
> simple, a common occurrence for pamphlets, but I find no direction in
> Bowers and wonder if something more complicated is in order? Because there
> is another edition of this title, virtually identical save for signings, it
> seems necessary to record collation in order to disambiguate the 2 (or
> more) extant versions.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Lenore
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