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

[Noble, Richard]

The convention (per Bowers) is to use only 8/4, not 4/8. So if it's as in
the first example, it's A^4 B-E^8/4  F^8. Much clearer about the facts of
this case, given that A and F would almost certainly have been printed
together as the A/F sheet, in the same manner as B/C and D/E. It seems
arbitrary, but there's a logic to it that makes it easier to reverse
engineer books in this format if one always thinks, in the first instance,
of folded and sewn 12mo 8/4 sheets as the object of the description, since
a basic question for which the formula can provide a guide to further
analysis, is "What type was on the bed of the press at the same time?"

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On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 5:08 PM Matthew C. Haugen <
matthew.haugen at columbia.edu> wrote:

> 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> 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
>>
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>
>
> --
> Matthew C. Haugen
> Rare Book Cataloger | Columbia University Libraries
> matthew.haugen at columbia.edu | 212-851-2451 | he/him/his
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