Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · London : Constable · leaf 87
waysof finding this out, the most obvious being to count theleaves which follow any one letter in the white line at thebottom of the leaf. This letter is called the signature.If there is an A or A 1 at the bottom of the first leaf, andwhen eight leaves have been turned over a B or B 1 appears,then… … yet another is to be found by studying the position of thewatermark. But neither of these tests are conclusive, andoften enough there are neither chainmarks nor watermarks to be found atall, and the sheets are not alwaysrightly or carefully cut, which bringsthe watermark all wrong, so thefollowing…
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