b. The date.
c. The apparent size of a page of an ordinary uncut copy, according to the scale,
| for narrow sizes | for broad sizes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| in. | in. | ||
| 12–18 | folio | 12–18 | large 4o |
| 9–12 | large 8o | 9–12 | 4o |
| 7–9 | 8o | 7–9 | small 4o |
| 6–7 | 12o | 6–7 | square 12o |
| 5–6 | 16o | &c. | |
| 4–5 | 24o | ||
The number of leaves in a section (quire or gathering) precedes, within round brackets, when different from what is suggested by the apparent size: as “(eights) small 4o.” When it has been desirable to indicate further the way in which the original sheets of paper have been folded, the words single, double, or treble (for once, twice, or thrice folded) are used on p. [238].
d. The number of pages of a perfect copy, in square brackets when there is no printed pagination, as “pp. [16] + 121 + [9].” When printed pagination does not occur in the book at all, the signatures are also given.
e. The first words of the 11th page, and of later ones in the case of a large work, always in italics.
f. The common type of the body of the work, followed by the terms Roman, Italic, or English (i. e. Black-letter): see pp. [291]–2.
g. The contents. Every page not mentioned is blank, without exception.
3. Notes on the book. A reference to Wood’s Athenæ and Fasti Oxonienses, as edited by Bliss (1813–20), has been considered as superseding in most instances any biographical account of the author. And the limitation of the present work to a bibliography of a press, not of books connected with the University, has been borne in mind.
THE OXFORD PRESS.