[DCRM-L] Symbol used in preliminary signatures

[Noble, Richard]

As a general rule, the collational formula concerns only those portions of
the text that passed through the printing press. In particular, engravings
on separate leaves--not printed on an "integral" leaf, that is, a leaf that
forms part of the printed sheets--are to be separately accounted for. In a
case like yours, I'd note

8vo: [pi]^8 A-P^8 [$2 signed]; 128 leaves, pages [I-II] III-XVI, 1-237
[238-240] + frontispiece portrait and 4 plates ('Lam. 1a'-'Lam. 4a')

This may be wrong in detail--the online pdf loads too slowly to be
repeatedly scanned for details--but the final gathering *is* P, not O. The
portrait could just as well face the title page as the first page of
text--that's probably a copy-specific matter (to oversimplify a little too
radically, printed sheets are the fixed stars, plates are
planets--wandering stars).

Time to review chapter five of Bowers' *Principles*, and see whether you
can get some funding (or a scholarship) for Rare Book School course G-10,
aka Bibliography Boot Camp.

RICHARD NOBLE :: RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER :: JOHN HAY LIBRARY
BROWN UNIVERSITY  ::  PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02912  ::  401-863-1187
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On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Barbara Tysinger <btysingr at email.unc.edu>wrote:

>  Good afternoon!
>
> The latest in my series of signature queries...
>
> I have a book in octavo, the preliminaries are in a single gathering,
> completely unsigned, followed by an engraved frontispiece singleton (also
> unsigned), and then the main text block, with the title page being A1.
>
> My question, should the frontispiece singleton be recorded in the
> signature statement as: " pi⁸ chi1 A-O⁸ "  or as " pi⁸ 2pi1 A-O⁸ "? Or as
> something else?
>
> The book in question is:
>
> *Tratado de las operaciones que deben practicarse en la dentadura, y
> método para conservaria en buen estado* ... by Félix Pérez Arroyo.
> Madrid: Franganillo, 1799.
>
> http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=0000081979&page=1
>
> Thanks!
>
> Barbara
> ...................All opinions are entirely my own....................
>
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