[DCRM-L] Alternating leaf counts in 12mo book

[Carpenter, Jane]

See Fredson Bowers, Principles of bibliographical description, page 205 for use of the 8/4 format.

From: DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> On Behalf Of Matthew C. Haugen
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2019 2:08 PM
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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Alternating leaf counts in 12mo book

Hi Christine,

I found the following at: https://manual.stcv.be/p/Collation_Formula

Gatherings with regularly alternating numbers of folios can be amalgamated into a series formula, where the two numbers are given in superscript and separated by a forward slash. If there is an odd number of gatherings, the final gathering, regular or not, is mentioned separately. The first number in superscript always corresponds to the number of folios from the first gathering of the series, the second number always corresponds to the number of leaves from the last gathering of the series.


Examples

A4 B8 C4 D8 E4 F8 becomes A-F4/8

A8 B4 C8 D4 E8 F4 G8 becomes A-F8/4 G8

I hope that helps!



Matt

On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 4:29 PM Christine Bone <Christine.Bone at umanitoba.ca<mailto:Christine.Bone at umanitoba.ca>> wrote:
Hello DCRM-L.

I have a 12mo book where the leaf counts alternate from one gathering to the next: A⁸B⁴C⁸D⁴ and so on.
Is there a shorthand to reflect this, or do I need to list them all individually?

Thanks!


Christine Bone | Cataloguing and Metadata Librarian | University of Manitoba Libraries | 204.474.7853 | christine.bone at umanitoba.ca<mailto:christine.bone at umanitoba.ca>




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