[DCRM-L] Signature statement help

[Noble, Richard]

Bowers, top of p. 220 (you know what "p." means, of course ...) obtains
here, I think. The first B is an "insert" by virtue of the fact that the
*signature* is a duplicate inserted into the register of signatures, and
since the second B is the first signature of the main text series, [A]^2
[superscript chi]B^8 B-E^8 F^4 is just right. There's no need to consider
the pagination of B, which might more correctly have been [i] ii-xvi in
this period (i.e. single numerical series starting roman and changing to
arabic). There's no need for inflection of [A] because it's not duplicated
and correctly inferred as such.

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On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Randal S. BRANDT <
rbrandt at library.berkeley.edu> wrote:

> Dear collective wisdom,
>
> I am cataloging a book with a somewhat unusual signing pattern and am
> debating (with myself) how best to record it. I do not find adequate help
> in Bowers. I now bring the debate to you:
>
> The book:
> Mathias, Thomas James. The shade of Alexander Pope on the banks of the
> Thames (ESTC T93918)
>
> The collation:
> 8vo: 2 unnumbered leaves, unsigned (half-title, title page); pages [1]-16,
> signed B^8 (preface); pages[17]-86, [2], signed B-E^8 F^4 (text +
> advertisement leaf)
>
> The problem:
> How to give the preliminary gatherings in the signature statement? So far,
> I have:
> [A]^2 [superscript pi]B^8 B-E^8 F^4
>
> But, I question that treatment of the preliminary 2 leaf unsigned
> gathering. I don't really think that the first B gathering is an insert,
> given that the pagination continues directly from the preface into the main
> text. But, if it were, it could be handled like the example given in Bowers
> p. 220:
> [A]^2 [superscript chi]B^8 B-E^8 F^4
>
> Or should the first gathering also receive the pi designation?:
> [superscript pi][A]^2 [superscript pi]B^8 B-E^8 F^4
>
> Many thanks in advance for your advice.
>
> --
> Randal S. Brandt
> The Bancroft Library | University of California, Berkeley
> 510.643.2275 | rbrandt at library.berkeley.edu
>
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