[DCRM-L] Signature statement advice

[Deborah J. Leslie]

I hope someone can help Jennifer. In the meantime, I just ran across a post of interest to this group.

http://news.lib.uchicago.edu/blog/2017/06/06/uncovering-history-through-rare-book-cataloging/

Deborah J. Leslie | Folger Shakespeare Library | djleslie at folger.edu |

From: DCRM-L [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer Dunlap
Sent: Tuesday, 14 November, 2017 15:44
To: DCRM Users' Group
Subject: [DCRM-L] Signature statement advice

Good afternoon,
I am working on cataloging a copy of Nicolas Clénard's 'Meditationes Graecanicae in artem grammaticam' printed by Sebastianus Gryphius in 1552 and would like some advice on the signature statement. The format is 8vo, but the first 8 gatherings are signed on both the recto and verso, with direction numbers 1-16 for signatures 2a-2g and 1-7 for gathering 2h (2h8 verso unsigned). I have never encountered signing on both the recto and verso before and didn't see anything in Gaskell or Bowers on how best to construct a signature statement in this case.  I am hoping that someone else has encountered this before and can provide some guidance. The statement I have so far is:

2a-2g⁸ 2h⁴, A-C⁸; gatherings 2a-2g signed on recto and verso with direction numbers 1-16, gathering 2h with direction numbers 1-7.

I also checked a number of other titles printed by Gryphius in our collection to see if he often printed books with signatures on the recto and verso, but was not able to find another example. If anyone else has seen other titles printed by him where this occurs I would be interested in knowing! Any advice is appreciated! Thanks!


Link to GoogleBooks of digitized copy of text in question:
https://books.google.com/books?id=drAD0lIhhYkC


Jennifer Dunlap
Project Cataloger
SCRC Rare Books
University of Chicago
dunlapj at uchicago.edu<mailto:dunlapj at uchicago.edu>
jrdunlap7 at gmail.com<mailto:jrdunlap7 at gmail.com>
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