[DCRM-L] multivolume sets with signatures

[Erin Blake]

Could be worse, you could have the 37-volume edition ;)

I like Allison Rich's example of two 500 notes, one that begins
"Pagination:" and one that begins "Signatures:".

When it's all in the same 500 note, it's harder to figure out, because
users are accustomed to seeing the label at the start of a Signatures note.
See http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=174459 for an
example of one that, in retrospect, would probably have benefitted from
having separate notes.

And just in case someone at the Folger does go back and edit it, here's
what's there as of 2020-07-24, for the benefit of anyone reading this in
the DCRM-L Archives:

Vol. 1. Signatures: A¹² (-A12) B¹² C⁶ D-T¹². Pagination: [2], li, [5], 383,
[1] p., [7] leaves of plates -- v. 2. Signatures: A-Q¹². Pagination: 384
p., [5] leaves of plates -- v. 3. Signatures: A-T¹²; T12 blank. Pagination:
454 p., [5] leaves of plates -- v. 4. Signatures: A-T¹² U¹² (-U11-12).
Pagination: 476 p., [5] leaves of plates -- v. 5. Signatures: A-R¹².
Pagination: 408 p., [4] leaves of plates -- v. 6. Signatures: A-P¹².
Pagination: 360 p., [4] leaves of plates -- v. 7. A-P¹² Q⁶. Pagination:
371, [1] p., [4] leaves of plates -- v. 8. Signatures: A-S¹² T-Z⁶ 2A⁶
(-2A6). Pagination: 427, [75] p., [4] leaves of plates -- v. 9. Signatures:
A-S¹². Pagination: 426, [6] p., [7] leaves of plates -- v. 10. Signatures:
A⁶ B-U¹². Pagination: xii, 453, [3] p., [2] leaves of plates.


Cheers,

Erin.


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On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 10:47 AM Rich, Allison <allison_rich at brown.edu>
wrote:

> I have catalogued these volumes.
> They are absolutely beautiful.
>
> What we do is to put in two separate 500 notes:
>
> 500 Pagination: v. 1: ... etc.
> 500 Signatures: v. 1: ... etc.
>
> Enjoy cataloguing this beautiful set.
> Allison
>
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 10:39 Melissa Harris <melissa at osgf.org> wrote:
>
>> Good morning,
>> I am new to this digest. I am working on a 23 volume set of rare books, "Description
>> de l'Égypte, ou, Recueil de observations et des recherches qui ont été
>> faites en Égypte pendant l'éxpédition de l'armée française...." The
>> library wants to catalog them as one bibliographic record, but each book
>> has it's own unique and lengthy signature, which the library wants to be
>> expressed within the record. What is the best way to catalog these
>> multivolume collections? The 505 field seems awkward to me, the field would
>> be so large and cumbersome. I appreciate your input.
>> Best,
>>
>> --
>> *Melissa J. Harris, MLIS, MA*
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>
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