[DCRM-L] Brackets or no brackets?

[Deborah J. Leslie]

Thanks to those who have responded. I want to note that the titles given in these advertisements correspond pretty accurately to the published title pages.

Regarding which edition/date, the first edition was apparently published in 1669 (see, e.g., https://imslp.org/wiki/Apollo%27s_Banquet_(Playford%2C_John), and it appeared in the Arber Term catalogue of Easter term 1670. The heretofore earliest extant copy is possibly a fifth edition in 1687 (filmed copy of National Library of Scotland available via HathiTrust). The bookseller Ken Spelman writes in his very thorough description that it couldn't have been the 1669 edition because it contains a song not included there (I don't know how he knows, maybe there is an extant copy somewhere), and that the fifth edition has many more songs and tunes than in this copy. So, presumably one of the (unrecorded) 2nd, 3rd, or 4th edition.

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From: DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> On Behalf Of Patrick Crowley
Sent: Monday, 28 October, 2019 14:48
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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Brackets or no brackets?

Hi!

I would rule out Option 1, as I think that, even if the title as transcribed in the advertisements is a faithful transcription of the title printed on the missing title page, it cannot record any mistakes or quirks on the title page.

I think Option 3 is perhaps overly cautious, especially if you could confirm that a couple of the other advertised titles are close transcriptions of their title page. That rests on the others being cataloged and your having access in person or to scans; I've not looked into how available they are. Again, I think that kind of research would mainly be warranted if you really wanted to rest easy. (I would probably end up spending a little time on this, just to set my Lawful Good brain at ease).

Option 2 seems to me the most pragmatic. It seems very likely that this transcription is going to be fairly authoritative, not lease because of its lengthy specificity. That's a good amount of type to set for an inaccurate title page. And, absent the title page, this is a good and believable title. So I think you are safe transcribing from that and adding appropriate descriptive notes.

FWIW,

P

On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 2:18 PM Deborah J. Leslie <DJLeslie at folger.edu<mailto:DJLeslie at folger.edu>> wrote:
I'm in a quandary about whether to use square brackets in the 245 and 260.

Condition: An unrecorded music book is missing its title page. However, the last page has bookseller's advertisements which lists this very book, and there is imprint-like information at the head of the page.

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Option: Transcribe the title and the imprint from this source, and do not use square brackets because it's transcribed from the manifestation

245 02 A tutor to the violin, or, Apollo's banquet : ǂb containing a collection of new ayres, theater-tunes and jiggs : to which is added the tunes of French dances, as they are used at court and dancing-schools : also plain instructions for the understanding the gamut, and notes for tune and time on the violin.

260    [London] : ǂb Printed for John Playford, at his shop near the Temple Church, ǂc [between 1669 and 1687]

Option: Transcribe the title and the imprint from this source, and use square brackets because although it's transcribed from the manifestation, it would be inappropriate to consider the advertisements as a title page substitute, as (dcrmb 0C3, 1B5)

245 03 [A tutor to the violin, or, Apollo's banquet : ǂb containing a collection of new ayres, theater-tunes and jiggs : to which is added the tunes of French dances, as they are used at court and dancing-schools : also plain instructions for the understanding the gamut, and notes for tune and time on the violin].

260    [London] : ǂb [Printed for John Playford, at his shop near the Temple Church], ǂc [between 1669 and 1687]


Option: Not transcribe at all but supply data based on available information

245 03 [Tutor to the violin]

260    [London] : ǂb [John Playford], ǂc [between 1669 and 1687]


What would you do?

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