[DCRM-L] Folded plates

[Noah Sheola]

Thanks Deborah, guess I'll go with it. I'm struck by how the same folded
plate can be counted as one or two leaves depending on how it is attached.
- Noah

On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 6:20 PM Deborah J. Leslie <DJLeslie at folger.edu>
wrote:

> How vexing!
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> I think your suggestion of "[11] leaves of plates (3 folded)" is as good
> as any, especially since you're adding a note describing the nature of the
> plates. If it were me, I'd err on the side of giving a fuller description
> in the note instead of going for concision.
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> BTW, I love these high-res images, where you can see the bite of the
> impression on the paper. (This is as close as I get these days to a
> hand-press book.)
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> ______________________________
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> Deborah J. Leslie, MA, MLS | Senior Cataloger | Folger Shakespeare Library
> | 201 East Capitol St., SE, Washington, DC 20003 | djleslie at folger.edu |
> www.folger.edu | Opinions her own
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> *From:* DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> *On Behalf Of *Noah Sheola
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 17, 2021 16:07
> *To:* DCRM Users' Group <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
> *Subject:* [DCRM-L] Folded plates
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> Hello all,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Following the rules as literally as I can, I suppose I should say "[11]
> leaves of plates (3 folded)".
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> 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).
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> The book is on Hathi
> <https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/dbyECM8K3XtQ3gmhwHN3G?domain=babel.hathitrust.org> 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.
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> Thanks for your help.
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>  -Noah
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> --
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> Noah Sheola
>
> Senior Special Collections Cataloging Librarian
>
> John J. Burns Library
>
> Boston College
>


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