[DCRM-L] Odd signing

[Noble, Richard]

The only situation in which this might make sense would be composition of
the entire text for 4s or with the option to print in 4s, and a change of
mind or final decision to print in 8s, which implies the use of plates, or
non-letterpress printing of some sort--or 240 pages of standing type!

I'm with John in wanting to know what book this is. I would be very
grateful if everyone with similar questions would henceforth provide a
proper citation. Something as laconic as "Leiden, 1819" is as much as many
inquirers provide, and all too often it just adds another round of
correspondence.

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On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 11:28 AM, JOHN LANCASTER <jjlancaster at me.com> wrote:

> I'm not the expert, but I'd find it useful to know more about the book:
> Author, title, imprint? And is there evidence for octavo beyond the fact
> that it's gathered in eights?  (Chain lines; watermarks?)
>
> John Lancaster
>
>
> On 2014 Nov 18, at 11:12, Deborah J. Leslie <DJLeslie at FOLGER.edu> wrote:
>
> > It doesn't look like anyone has responded to this yet, Bob. I don't
> think you can call it unsigned, so it's up to your 2nd or 3rd options. What
> does the expert say? (I'm looking at you, Richard Noble.)
> >
> > Deborah J. Leslie | Folger Shakespeare Library | djleslie at folger.edu |
> 202.675-0369 | 201 East Capitol St., SE, Washington, DC 20003 | www.
> folger.edu
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
> Behalf Of Robert Steele
> > Sent: Friday, 07 November 2014 10:37
> > To: dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu
> > Subject: [DCRM-L] Odd signing
> >
> > Collective wisdom:
> >
> > I think something like this was discussed a few weeks ago, but this time
> I can see the threads.
> >
> > Dissertation from Leiden, 1819. Octavo (as I said, I can see the
> threads). The signings are in this pattern:
> >
> > A, A2, A3, -, B, B2, B3, - // C, C2, C3, -, D, D2, D3, - // etc.
> throughout.
> >
> > I don't think this is a situation of "double signing," since plates are
> unlikely to have been used for a dissertation in 1819. Also, since the
> pages are untrimmed, I don't think the sheet could have been cut in half
> and folded another way. I have no idea why the printer used these signings,
> but anyway I want to construct a signature statement.
> > Would you suggest:
> >
> > Unsigned, [1]-[15]⁸?
> >
> > or:
> >
> > A⁸ C⁸ ... 2F⁸?
> >
> > or:
> >
> > A/B⁸ C/D⁸ ... 2F/2G⁸?
> >
> > or something else?
> >
> > Robert Steele
> > Jacob Burns Law Library
> > George Washington University
>
>
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