My copy doesn't have this 4 digit number. which is why I need help dating it. Thanks anyways.
Lucie > Lucie DuFresne <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >Dear Liz, > >maybe you can help me date my Therese de Dillmont, Encyclopedie de > >Ouvrages des Dames. Paris: Librairie Ch. Delagrave (n.d.) 826 pages + 44 > >pages of ads and contents. Olive green cloth cover, black and gold DMC > >logo paper on inside cover, 560,000 printed copies, pocket size (9.5cm x > >14cm) > > I am not Liz, but I learned the following method of dating the Dillmont > books from this very list: > > Opposite the title page in the front of the book, usually towards the > bottom of the page, you will find a 3 or 4-digit number. The one in mine > is 1009. > > The first one or two digits are the month (10 = October). > The second two digits are the year (1900 + 09 = 1909). > > In fact, I just looked in my saved emails and found an exchange on the > list > between Liz and myself about this book, dating back to 2002! I can't find > the original email about dating the books, but I learned it from someone > here, who learned it at Black Cat Books. > > Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA > http://lost-arts.blogspot.com/ > Ravelry ID: alwen > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected] > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
