Bowers 1949 - Revision history

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 indicate volume in multi-volume works (254)
-== 7. Statement of signing ==
+== 7. Signing Statement ==
 separate paragraph, or in square brackets after the collational formula

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	== 7. Statement of signing ==		== 7. Statement of signing ==

			separate paragraph, or in square brackets after the collational formula

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	"Analytical bibliography deals with books and their relations solely as material objects, and in a strict sense has nothing to do with the historical or literary considerations of their subject matter or content." (31)		"Analytical bibliography deals with books and their relations solely as material objects, and in a strict sense has nothing to do with the historical or literary considerations of their subject matter or content." (31)

	== Format and Collational Formula ==		== 5. Format and Collational Formula ==

	=== Format ===		=== Format ===
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	indicate volume in multi-volume works (254)		indicate volume in multi-volume works (254)

			== 7. Statement of signing ==

Wtrettien: /* Format and Collational Formula */

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Format and Collational Formula

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	quotes used conservatively to draw special attention to the fact that the identification is actually the printer's signature (246)		quotes used conservatively to draw special attention to the fact that the identification is actually the printer's signature (246)

			=== Preliminary and final leaves ===

			hard to determine at end if a gathering has leaves cut out, or is actually a smaller gathering; often cut leaves would be used for preliminaries or insertions elsewhere (252)
			*must be careful -- affects the number of sheets used to print the book

			''blank'': "blank refers to the absence of letterpress or of a decoration substituting for letterpress"; prelim leaf with only a signing, w/ or w/o factotum, is still blank (252)

			=== Punctuation ===

			minimize punctuation

			use space between items; commas or semicolons only between major series like duplicated alphabets

			place commas/semicolons outside of quotation marks (British system)

			indicate volume in multi-volume works (254)

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Cancellation and substitution

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	when cancellation is followed by an equal number of leaves of different conjugacy (or no conjugacy), do not use simultaneous signs, but an expanded formula: M^4(-M1,2+M1.2)		when cancellation is followed by an equal number of leaves of different conjugacy (or no conjugacy), do not use simultaneous signs, but an expanded formula: M^4(-M1,2+M1.2)

			quotes used conservatively to draw special attention to the fact that the identification is actually the printer's signature (246)

Wtrettien: /* Normal gatherings */

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Normal gatherings

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	''insertions'' are single leaves pasted or bound in between the folds of a normal gathering (232); with odd numbers, must determine if the leaf is an insertion of a smaller gathering or a cancellation		''insertions'' are single leaves pasted or bound in between the folds of a normal gathering (232); with odd numbers, must determine if the leaf is an insertion of a smaller gathering or a cancellation
	of a larger gathering		of a larger gathering

			=== Insertions ===

			separate leaves at the beginning or end of a gathering are only included in the gathering if they are associated with its signing or direction-numbering

			when leaf can be associated with preceding gathering, indicated by plus sign, placed in parentheses after the signature of the final leaf of the preceding gathering

			insertions within a gathering are also indicated by a plus sign and the signature of the insertion

			folds outside a gathering, if signed separately, are treated as a separate gathering

			however, if direction-numbering continues the previous gathering in some way, indicate (241): D^4(D4+*D4.5.6.7)
			*periods are a sign of conjugacy -- do not use a dash

			quotations (single quotes, always) indicate signing

			=== Cancellation and substitution ===

			simple cancellation of a leaf indicated by a minus sign before the cancelled leaf: C^4(-C2)

			cancellation followed by insertion (a cancellans replaced by a cancellandum) is indicated by simultaneous plus and minus sign
			*difficult to indicate signing using quotes, since it's uncertain whether the cancellans or cancellandum is signed; hence all quoting is dropped

			when cancellation is followed by an equal number of leaves of different conjugacy (or no conjugacy), do not use simultaneous signs, but an expanded formula: M^4(-M1,2+M1.2)

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Normal gatherings

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	*lack of conjugacy is an abnormality, must always be noted in a formula		*lack of conjugacy is an abnormality, must always be noted in a formula
	*(odd numbers would confuse, because then the index figures are used to mean two different things -- see note on 228)		*(odd numbers would confuse, because then the index figures are used to mean two different things -- see note on 228)
			*odd numbers ''may'' be acceptable for the occasional book in which the odd number indicates a consistent method of printing a whole book
			*occassionally come across leaves that appear to have no conjugate; could have been printed on an individual scrap leaf, don't need to be indicated by an index/superior figure

	''normality'': full sheet is always necessary as the norm; abnormalities are excisions or additions to this norm		''normality'': full sheet is always necessary as the norm; abnormalities are excisions or additions to this norm
	*symbols indicating addition or excision don't necessarily mean later insertions or cancellations, but only the physical structure of the gathering		*symbols indicating addition or excision don't necessarily mean later insertions or cancellations, but only the physical structure of the gathering
	*"''abnormality'' only means ''physical divergence from the norm of a complete sheet or sheets in regular folds'', and does not imply textual abnormality caused by treatment to correct error after the gathering had passed the press" (227)		*"''abnormality'' only means ''physical divergence from the norm of a complete sheet or sheets in regular folds'', and does not imply textual abnormality caused by treatment to correct error after the gathering had passed the press" (227)

			:"Every normal gathering as printed (though not necessarily as bound) consisted of an even number of leaves; therefore, its proper makeup is noted by its normal even superior number which indicates the ncessary number of leaves in folds in the sheets composing a textually complete and normally quired gathering as they passed the press. The nature of any modification -- that is, of any disparity between the number of leaves actually present in the bound gathering and the number of conjugate and normally quired leaves indicated by the superior figure -- is immediately added in parentheses." (231)

			''insertions'' are single leaves pasted or bound in between the folds of a normal gathering (232); with odd numbers, must determine if the leaf is an insertion of a smaller gathering or a cancellation
			of a larger gathering

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Normal gatherings

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	*put another way: A^2 would never indicate two non-conjugate/distinct leaves		*put another way: A^2 would never indicate two non-conjugate/distinct leaves
	*lack of conjugacy is an abnormality, must always be noted in a formula		*lack of conjugacy is an abnormality, must always be noted in a formula
			*(odd numbers would confuse, because then the index figures are used to mean two different things -- see note on 228)

			''normality'': full sheet is always necessary as the norm; abnormalities are excisions or additions to this norm
			*symbols indicating addition or excision don't necessarily mean later insertions or cancellations, but only the physical structure of the gathering
			*"''abnormality'' only means ''physical divergence from the norm of a complete sheet or sheets in regular folds'', and does not imply textual abnormality caused by treatment to correct error after the gathering had passed the press" (227)

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	isolated/identifiable missignings are "silently corrected in the collational formula" (222), although they may be noted elsewhere in the description		isolated/identifiable missignings are "silently corrected in the collational formula" (222), although they may be noted elsewhere in the description

			for Greg, index number must always be even, since its indicating regularly quired conjugate pairs of leaves in a gathering (226)
			*conjugacy is essential; if the last two leaves are cut off in a duodecimo, it is not A^10, since two pairs are missing one leaf; if a fold is missing, though, it is
			*put another way: A^2 would never indicate two non-conjugate/distinct leaves
			*lack of conjugacy is an abnormality, must always be noted in a formula

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	"pi" sign used for prefixed unsigned gatherings or leaves where the signing is uninferred; Greek letter "chi" used for unsigned and uninferred separate leaves or gatherings not prefixed		"pi" sign used for prefixed unsigned gatherings or leaves where the signing is uninferred; Greek letter "chi" used for unsigned and uninferred separate leaves or gatherings not prefixed

			by "prefixed", Bowers accepts a liberal definition: anything unsigned before the start of a regular series; e.g., before "A", or before the ''second'' start of a series beginning with "A"

			if prefixed gatherings begin with "A", then begin again with "A" at the start of the text, superior "pi" figure can be placed before the first "A"

			additional or inserted gatherings prefixed witha superior "chi" (221)

			(in general, problem with "prefixing" -- uses literary content as a marker for understanding bibligraphic content, violating rule that the formula should only describe the book's physical structure)

			prefixed superior figure carries to every signing until a comma, although for clarity is sometimes repeated

			isolated/identifiable missignings are "silently corrected in the collational formula" (222), although they may be noted elsewhere in the description