[Taxacom] Corrigenda and nomenclature

[Pat LaFollette]

ICZN Art. 8.4 explicitly accepts mimeographing as printed.  Although 
a typewriter (with ribbon removed) was used to "cut" mimeograph 
stencils, letter by letter, the stencil was not the end product, but 
a means of producing numerous identical copies with ink on paper. The 
correct analogy here is with letterpress type which is also set 
letter by letter.  The comparison of handwriting to typing is based 
on the more conventional use of the typewriter to press an inked 
ribbon on paper to produce a unique copy character by character.

Pat


At 02:25 PM 11/5/2009, mivie at montana.edu wrote:
> >> It is quite possible that the typewritten addendum was mimeographed in
>this case-there are numerous identical copies.
>
> > And published work under 8.4, but the date would be different.
>
>Since the original is dated 1927, it becomes important to know when the
>addendum was added, because under Art. 9.1, after 1930, reproduction of
>handwriting by any method is excluded from validity.  If you accept as
>correct that typewriting is a form of handwriting, then the date of the
>addendum is critical to establishing if it is published work.

Patrick I LaFollette
Research Associate in Malacology
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
pat at lafollette.com