[DCRM-L] plate numbering

[Erin Blake]

I'll cast my vote for "unnumbered." The plates are referred to by number
within the text because they appear in a definite order. The plates
themselves do not bear numbers.

If you recorded the plate as being numbered, and I encountered that same
plate on its own in a print collection with a dealer's note saying "Plate
from... " I'd question the dealer's identification of the source because
I'd expect the print in hand to have a number on it.

Erin

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On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 1:35 PM Lapka, Francis <francis.lapka at yale.edu>
wrote:

> Colleagues,
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> If the plates of a book do not bear numbering but they are paired with
> pages of letterpress (usually facing each plate) that refer to the plates
> by number, do you consider those plates numbered, transcribing the
> numbering in the form that appears on the paired letterpress?
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> Justifying the “yes, those are numbered” argument, we could I suppose
> point to 5A2 to “Take information for this area from the publication
> itself” – i.e., its entirety, even if the plates proper are unnumbered. In
> the “nope” camp, the plates proper do not present themselves as numbered.
> If we open the door to transcribing numbering from other than the
> letterpress/plate itself, could we also (following the same logic)
> transcribe numbering based on numbers in tables of contents or indexes?
> That seems undesirable.
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> Francis Lapka
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