[DCRM-L] signature question

[Noble, Richard]

With no precise rule to cite--this being a problem peculiar to our
cataloging environment--I'd say the double bracketing is much to be
preferred. With only single brackets one would have to infer that the
gathering is signed, since the whole string '[par.]' (not just 'par.')
represents, by our system, the paragraph symbol as a printed signature.
Double bracketing is stylistically ugly, but there's nothing else for it.
Even so it would be a good idea to include the note, to reassure a reader
that the formula is meant to be interpreted thus; but the formula should be
able to stand alone without the note.

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On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 4:05 PM Jennifer Dunlap <jrdunlap7 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm working on a signature statement and have encountered something I've
> never run into before: an unsigned gathering, which can be inferred as
> [par.] (see below). My gut tells me to use double square brackets, but I
> could find no examples of this situation in Bowers, Gaskell, DCRM-B, or in
> the DCRM-L archives.  I am hoping the collective wisdom may have some best
> practices guidance.
>
> Gathering 1 is unsigned, gatherings 2 and 3 are signed 2 ⁋
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%81%8B> and 3 ⁋
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%81%8B>. Obviously we can infer the
> first gathering as [par.]. Would it be appropriate in this instance to use
> a second set of square brackets to designate the first gathering as
> unsigned:
>
> Signatures: [[par.]]⁴ 2[par.]⁴ 3[par.]² A-2B⁴ 2C⁶.
>
>
> Or to use a single set of brackets and add a note that the first gathering
> is unsigned?
>
>
> Signatures: [par.]⁴ 2[par.]⁴ 3[par.]² ... ; gathering [par.] is
> unsigned.   (alternatively:  first gathering unsigned).
>
>
> The book in question is:
> Alcazar y Zuñiga, Melchor de. *Arte de esquadronar, y exercicios de la
> infanteria* (1703)
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jennifer
>
>
>
>
>
> *Jennifer Dunlap*
>
> Rare Book Cataloger
>
> Houghton Library, Harvard University
>
> Cambridge, MA 02138
>
> 617.998.5219
>
> jennifer_dunlap at harvard.edu
>
>
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