[DCRM-L] Folded plates

[Noah Sheola]

Hello all,

Dcrm:b instructions say "Count a plate folded and bound at the inner margin
as two leaves
of plates." I'm cataloging a book containing six plates, numbered I-VI. All
but one are folded and bound at the inner margin, so that makes [11] leaves
of plates (and I would explain the numbering in a note). So far so good.

But where I get flummoxed is that the first of those
folded-and-bound-at-the-middle plates also folds out along its bottom edge
(picture a large sheet folded in quarters). Is this then [2] folded leaves
of plates? The final leaf of plates is also a fold-out, but as it is
attached at its left margin it does not present a problem. There would seem
to be, then, 3 folded leaves.

Following the rules as literally as I can, I suppose I should say "[11]
leaves of plates (3 folded)".

Would you agree? It seems to me to be one of those things that's
technically correct and yet misleading. I expect most non-specialists would
describe the book as having 6 plates (2 folded).

The book is on Hathi
<https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.35112203916699&view=thumb&seq=1&skin=2021>
and
Google books but you can't really see how the plates are folded so it may
not be very useful for figuring out what I'm trying to describe.

Thanks for your help.
 -Noah

-- 
Noah Sheola
Senior Special Collections Cataloging Librarian
John J. Burns Library
Boston College
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