[DCRM-L] Folded leaf in a statement of extent

[Matthew C. Haugen]

Hi Will,

This is not something I really ever encounter, but since we've been
discussing double leaves I've been trying to puzle this out, too. On the
one hand, if I had only the continuous image from the verso, I'd probably
just consider it one folded leaf of plates. Such a plate could be folded
any number of ways to fit the volume without regard to the content on the
plate so the "accordion-ness" or the number of folds doesn't seem all that
significant. However, if I had only the 14 separate portraits from the
recto, which I assume are laid out consistent with the folding, then I
would be more inclined to treat it as [14] leaves of plates, with a note to
the effect that the leaves are on a continuous sheet folded accordion style.

With content laid out differently on both sides, it's more confusing,
though it seems to me that counting it as 14 pages on one side but only 1
page on the other side seems inconsistent, especially since results in an
odd number of pages in this case. So, my hunch is that it's either [1]
folded leaf of plates or [28] pages of plates, with an explanatory note in
either case.

There's some useful guidance on extent and notes for accordion-style
resources in Descriptive Cataloging of East Asian Materials chapter 2:
http://desktop.loc.gov/saved/CHAPTER_2_Books,_Pamphlets,_and_Printed_Sheets

Matt

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 3:15 PM, Will Evans <evans at bostonathenaeum.org>
wrote:

> The recent discussion on double leaves has me second guessing how a
> feature I often encounter in artist books is represented in the statement
> of extent, namely a sizable leaf, folded accordion style.
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> I’m working on such an artist book that has pages of letterpress as well
> as one long leaf folded several times. The recto contains several images,
> and the verso contains one, continuous image. I have in the past entered
> the information in the following manner:
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> [32] p., [15] p. of plates : ǂb ill. ports. ; ǂc 29 cm
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> Followed by a note:
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> Pages of plates consist of one leaf, folded accordion style, with fourteen
> portraits on the recto and a single image on the verso.
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> I’m a correct here?
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> Best,
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> Will
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