[DCRM-L] Extra leaves

[Noble, Richard]

If you are sure that the stuck-together leaves really are binder's blanks
that have no connection with any leaves of the text block, you have the
option to note them as part of the binding description, though they might
not be noted at all if there's nothing special about them in quality or
quantity.

The proper term for them is "endpapers", consisting of the leaf that's
pasted down, the "pastedown", and its freely turning companion, the "free
endpaper", sometimes more specifically the "front free endpaper"--which you
may see abreviated as "ffe", since inscriptions often land there--and "back
free endpaper", which usually receives less attention. Additional leaves
are referred to as "fly-leaves".

In the case of your book, what's probably most worth noting is that the
fly-leaves (and the free endpapers?) are unusually numerous (binding
description) and that they are stuck together (condition report). "FSU copy
with numerous front fly-leaves now stuck together" or something like that.

RICHARD NOBLE :: RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER :: JOHN HAY LIBRARY
BROWN UNIVERSITY  ::  PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02912  ::  401-863-1187
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On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Weiss, Amy <akweiss at fsu.edu> wrote:

>  Hi—I am a novice rare book cataloger and I have a situation I don’t know
> quite how to describe.  I have a book Locorum theologicorum which has been
> bound with a large number of blank pages at the front of the book.  The
> pages are in terrible condition--- stuck together so that I dare not try to
> separate them to count them. The rest of the text block is in adequate
> condition, but I’m not sure what would be a good note for the preliminary
> pages.  Something like “FSU Special Collections copy: contains blank
> preliminary leaves not included in signatures or pagination.”?
>
>
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> Thanks for your help in advance,
>
>
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> Amy Weiss
>
> Florida State University
>
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