[DCRM-L] Recording mixed formats per DCRM(B) 5D1.3

[Deborah J. Leslie]

Hi Honor,

It doesn't look like anyone has posted publicly.

This situation happens rarely enough that there isn't need for adjudication. Do what makes most sense. In a situation like this, in the past I'd probably have recorded it as 12mo in the 300‡c and made a note that D was 8vo, but given the advantages of search and index deriving from more precisely encoded data, I would re-think that decision if it comes up again.

Deborah J. Leslie | Folger Shakespeare Library | djleslie at folger.edu | 202.675-0369 | 201 East Capitol St., SE, Washington, DC 20003 | www. folger.edu

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Moody, Honor M.
Sent: Monday, 09 November 2015 17:11
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Subject: [DCRM-L] Recording mixed formats per DCRM(B) 5D1.3

Hello all,

The second example in DCRM(B) 5D1.3 gives the format as (4to and 8vo), for “a publication consisting of a mixture of quarto and octavo sheets.”

I am wondering if the order of formats is always given from smallest to largest, or if the predominant format should come first.

The book in question is G.J.G.E., ou, Chevalier Kados. A Paris : Chez le Frere vérité, au grand-globe Franç̧ois,  MDCCLXXXI [1781], and is signed A¹⁰ B-C¹² D⁸; A-C are 12mo and D is 8vo.

Best,
Honor

Honor Moody
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