[DCRM-L] 12mo vs. 16mo

[Noble, Richard]

It would be unusual to see a 12mo entirely in 8s.  They're printed as 12s
(whole sheets consisting of an 8-leaf with a 4-leaf offcut unit quired in),
8-and-4s (the same two units alternating, mostly French), or 6s (usually
work-and-turn, each gathering consisting of  a 4- leaf and a 2-leaf unit).
In 8s you'd end up with a complicated arrangement involving two sheets to
make three gatherings, one of which would consist of a 4-leaf from one
sheet quired into the 4-leaf from the other.

What is the time and place of your edition?

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On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 2:17 PM, Gemberling, Ted P <tgemberl at uab.edu> wrote:

> I often use Gaskell (Oak Knoll Press, 1995) pages 85-86 as my “cheat
> sheet” for determining format. I have noticed, though, that there’s little
> difference between the description of regular 12mo and 16mo. They can both
> have gatherings of 8 and have horizontal chainlines. I am working on a book
> right now that has been cataloged on one record as 16mo. It has gatherings
> of 8, horizontal chainlines, and no watermarks. However, the paper, cut, is
> 11.5 cm. Gaskell says a 12mo has to be at least 12.5 uncut, and I figure
> this could’ve been that big before cutting.
>
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> At the bottom of page 85 he says that the smaller formats, including 16mo,
> “are seldom much more than the minimum uncut heights given in this key.”
> For 16mo, that is 9.5 centimeters. So I’ve been guessing 12mo is more
> correct for this book. Is there any other way to tell them apart?
>
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> I’m guessing from what Gaskell says that 16mo would often be less than 9.5
> centimeters.
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> Thanks for any enlightenment,
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> Ted P. Gemberling
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