[DCRM-L] A signature question

[JOHN LANCASTER]

I agree with Richard, and would add that I don't think there is any significance to the order in which the signatures appear. 

John Lancaster


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On Mar 26, 2013, at 0:40, "Noble, Richard" <richard_noble at brown.edu> wrote:

> Take the better choice that the compositor offered you -- little "a" -- and note that a3 is missigned A3. That leaves great "A" in the clear, with no pi-faced competition.
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> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 6:06 PM, Randal Brandt <rbrandt at library.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>> Oh, collective wisdom:
>> 
>> I am cataloging a copy of James Howell's Epistolae Ho-elianae (5th ed., 1678; ESTC R14264)
>> 
>> It is an octavo in 8s, $4 signed. The preliminary gathering of the book contains the title page, added engraved t.p., dedication, a poem, and a table. The text begins with the second gathering. 
>> 
>> In the preliminary gathering, the first two leaves are unsigned, the third leaf is signed "A3" and the fourth leaf is signed "a4". The text is signed A-2K. My question is how to record the preliminary gathering in the Signatures statement: 
>> 
>> 1) [superscript pi]A8 
>> 
>> 2) a8 
>> 
>> Clearly either A3 or a4 is a typographical error. (There are numerous pagination errors throughout, as well). If the lower-case 'a' came first, I wouldn't have any question.
>> 
>> Thanks!
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