[DCRM-L] Extra leaves

[Weiss, Amy]

Fly leaves!  I knew there had to be something to call them.

They were added by the binder. They are notably different from the paper of the text block.

Amy

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Noble, Richard
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 11:32 AM
To: DCRM Users' Group
Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Extra leaves

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
<Richard_Noble at Br<mailto:RICHARD_NOBLE at BROWN.EDU>own.edu<http://own.edu>>

On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Weiss, Amy <akweiss at fsu.edu<mailto: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.”?

Thanks for your help in advance,

Amy Weiss
Florida State University

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