[DCRM-L] FW: Gathered in 9's?

[Manon Theroux]

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On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Deborah J. Leslie <DJLeslie at folger.edu> wrote:
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> From: James N. Green [mailto:jgreen at librarycompany.org]
> Sent: Thursday, 29 November 2012 12:24
> To: Deborah J. Leslie
> Subject: RE: Gathered in 9's?
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> Deborah, Rachel D’Agostino worked this out very nicely.  The format is
> probably 18mo in 9s.  She is sending you an imposition diagram.  Best, Jim
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> James N. Green, Librarian
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> From: Deborah J. Leslie [mailto:DJLeslie at FOLGER.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 12:06 PM
> To: 'DCRM Revision Group List'
> Cc: James N. Green
> Subject: Gathered in 9's?
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> We're cataloging an 1825 Boston imprint of William Bellamy, Select comedies
> from Shakspeare, which is gathered in 9's throughout. Our deteriorating copy
> with uncut leaves have helped us determine that the singleton is inserted
> after the 4th leaf of each gathering.
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> I've long known about the existence of gatherings in 9's--and give it as the
> one exception to prohibition against signature statements with a superscript
> odd number--and am pretty sure I even handled one at the Library Company,
> but can't track down documentation on it. The ExLibris-L archives are down
> so I can't search there. I seem to remember it as a Philadelphia German
> thing. Before we put down the signatures as A-L^9, though, it would be nice
> to have confirmation that this formulation is legit. As for identifying the
> format, Jaggard (Shakespeare bibliography) calls it a 12mo but I'm inclined
> to call it an 8vo.
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> Thanks,
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> Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. | Head of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare
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