[DCRM-L] looking for term for printing error not listed in RBMS printing & publishing terms

[Jennifer Dunlap]

Yes, that is what I mean, with the signature "R4" falling on leaf 5. It's
an error that I've never seen before, though it must have happened from
time to time. Thanks!

On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Noble, Richard <richard_noble at brown.edu>
wrote:

> By "Signatures R3 and R4" do you mean the inner sheet that consists of
> leaves R3.4.5.6?
>
> Anyway, the closest thing I find in rbpri is "Perfecting errors", which
> this surely is. It requires a bit of explanation, but you've got two
> sheets, each of which was inadvertently not perfected because the other was
> somehow stuck to it (leaving the binder to pull them apart).
>
> RICHARD NOBLE :: RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER :: JOHN HAY LIBRARY
> BROWN UNIVERSITY  ::  PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02912  ::  401-863-1187
> <(401)%20863-1187>
> <Richard_Noble at Br <RICHARD_NOBLE at BROWN.EDU>own.edu>
>
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 12:27 PM, Jennifer Dunlap <jrdunlap7 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am cataloging an edition Actiones et monimenta martyrum (Crespin, 1560,
>> 4to) and ran into a curious printing error in our copy that I am having
>> difficulty finding an appropriate RBMS printing term for. The majority of
>> the gatherings are in 8s, except R, which should be an 8, but in my copy is
>> in 12.  Signatures R3 and R4 take up 8 leaves total, each printed on one
>> side only. My best guess is that this resulted from two sheets of paper
>> being stuck together and run through the press. I have constructed a local
>> note explaining the error, but would also like to add a 655 from a
>> controlled vocabulary. Has anyone else encountered this type of error? If
>> so, how did you a) describe it, or b) were you able to find a term from the
>> RBMS printing terms or other controlled vocabulary to add?
>>
>> Many thanks in advance,
>>
>> Jennifer
>>
>> Jennifer Dunlap | Project Cataloger | Special Collections Research Center
>> | University of Chicago Library  | dunlapj at uchicago.edu
>>
>>
>
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