[DCRM-L] Folded tables

[Deborah J. Leslie]

If the letterpress leaves are folded, they are, by definition, plates. So,

300  62, [2] pages, [2] folded leaves of plates ; ǂc 20 cm (8vo)
500  The folded plates consist of …

*Plate. A leaf that is chiefly or entirely non-letterpress, or a folded leaf of any kind, inserted with letterpress gatherings …
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From: DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> On Behalf Of Robert O. Steele
Sent: Wednesday, 1 December, 2021 15:56
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Or rather 300  62, [2] pages, [4] folded pages ; ǂc 20 cm (8vo)

Bob

On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 3:53 PM Robert O. Steele <rosteele2021 at gmail.com<mailto:rosteele2021 at gmail.com>> wrote:
Hello,

I know plates are supposed to be omitted from collation formulas, but what about unsigned letterpress gatherings with a format different from the rest of the work?

I'm cataloging a work consisting of 4 octavo gatherings, with 2 quarto "insertions". I would be tempted to call them "folded plates" except that they are not plates, but rather letterpress tables. Each insertion is a quarto bifolium printed with the same type and on the same paper as the rest, and each consisting of 4 distinct pages (the tables do not run across the fold). Since they are larger than the octavo gatherings, they are also folded up from the bottom.

The quarto bifolia are inserted in reasonable places in my copy, but I'm not sure where they were *intended* to be inserted, possibly inside the last blank leaf (at the end of the final page: "Suit le tableau ... etc.")

The simplest:

62, [2] pages (8vo), [4] pages (4to)

Signatures: [1]⁸ 2-4⁸ (last leaf blank).

With a note explaining the quarto insertions.

But I'm not sure this is accurate.

I'm tempted by something more complicated such as:

Signatures: : [1]⁸ 2-3⁸ 4⁸ (4₇+chi-²chi²); last leaf blank.

Advice?

Robert Steele
GWU Law


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