[DCRM-L] double plates vs. folded plate

[Deborah J. Leslie]

If I'm interpreting the images correctly—a single full sheet set oblong, folded in the middle, attached by a stub, and each resulting leaf is the same size as the other leaves in the bookblock—then what Will has are two leaves of plates.

See the discussion here: https://listserver.lib.byu.edu/pipermail/dcrm-l/2015-June/004196.html

In brief, catalogers of early printed western materials will rarely if ever have "double leaves." In Will's example, these would be double leaves if the sheet were folded, blank verso to blank verso, and the edges pasted or bound into the gutter. This is clearly not what he has.

If he had folded leaves, when unfolded, they would be larger than the other leaves of the bookblock. This is clearly not what he has.

He has a bifolium attached to a stub bound in the gutter. Just the fact that the inner fold can be straightened out to view both leaves without interference doesn't change the fact that that the book has two leaves, both of which are the same size as or smaller than the other leaves in the bookblock. What he clearly has, in both cases, is [2] leaves of plates.

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From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Noble, Richard
Sent: Monday, 06 June 2016 16:09
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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] double plates vs. folded plate

I'd think that "folded" is the way to go. It's clearly not intended to be bound into the gutter, which render this matter unusable; and "folded" allows for the differences that there might well be in different bindings, since one could attach these leaves at one edge, to be folded in.

That's the problem with "double" vs. "folded"--different descriptions from item-level differences, which one always wants to avoid if possible.

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On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 3:01 PM, Will Evans <evans at bostonathenaeum.org<mailto:evans at bostonathenaeum.org>> wrote:
Deborah I’ve attached a few examples of the first situation (can we send attachments via DCRM-L?,) which I hope are illustrative. The images cover the entire side of a sheet or leaf (verso is blank,) and they are attached to a binding stub at the center.

Prior to the lengthy thread of a few months back, I’m afraid I’ve always counted this as 1 folded leaf of plates.

I’ll have to hunt around for an example of the second situation.

Best,
Will



From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu<mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu<mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu>] On Behalf Of Deborah J. Leslie
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Will, can you give us images, to make sure we're all on the same page regarding terminology?

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From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu<mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Will Evans
Sent: Monday, 06 June 2016 12:50
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Subject: [DCRM-L] double plates vs. folded plate

Sorry to resurrect this thread. I tried piecing to together some understanding of these concepts from the DCRM archives, but I want to be sure I’ve arrived at the correct conclusion.

If I have an unnumbered double plate (one image covering the entire side of a sheet of which its verso is blank) bound down the center of the plate, attached to a stub in the binding counts as:
[2] leaves of plates

But if an unnumbered folded plate (one image covering the entire side of a sheet of which its verso is blank) is bound-in on one of its edges it is counted as:
[1] folded leaf of plates

I this correct?

Thanks in advance.

Will


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