[DCRM-L] plate numbering

[Nicholas Sparks]

The plates are unnumbered; the letterpress  contains reference to plate
numbers. The “yes” argument is not the natural interpretation and does
seems in the spirit of 52A. I vote “no” too!

On Sat, 27 Aug 2022 at 3:06 am, 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
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> Francis Lapka
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> Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts
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*Nicholas Sparks, M.Lib, PhD (Cantab)*
Reviews Editor, *Script & Print: Bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of
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