[DCRM-L] is there such a thing as a 13cm folio?

[Deborah J. Leslie]

The binding sounds like it might be an example of two-on sewing.

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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] is there such a thing as a 13cm folio?

The second part looks like half-sheet 12mo in 4s and 2s (Scots influenced by the French), so I suppose the rest is 12mo in 2s. I don't think the first part is folio (printed 2-up on a little table press??)--just set up that way, probably also as work-and-turn half sheets, perhaps to facilitate interleaving? The ECCO images are of little help, though there does seem to be a signature A at the foot of the page that follows the title page in that presentation.

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On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 4:31 PM, Schneider, Nina <nschneider at humnet.ucla.edu<mailto:nschneider at humnet.ucla.edu>> wrote:
Hi all,

I'm upgrading a record (ESTC T153806) with the book in front of me and have to admit I'm stumped--perhaps those who have seen this before can help.

This 13 cm book is an Scottish almanac from 1747. The first part is 24 leaves which clearly show sewing through each fold, as if the signatures were A^2  B^2 C^2 etc., but the chainlines are horizontal. The second part seems to be [x]^4 [x]^2.

 It might be signed, but our copy is so closely trimmed that any evidence is lost, save for what might be the top of a letter O and a letter P in the second part (12 pages), but in a place where it wouldn't make sense sequentially.

It's currently described as a 12mo, which does make sense given the length.

Another thing to note if it matters -- is that the sewing has four holes: one gathering is sewn through hole (1 and 2) and (3 and 4), but the next is only sewn through (2 and 3). So the pattern is something like this (pretend there is no break with nos. 2 and 4):

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Happy to send photos if it helps. There are no watermarks.

Nina

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