I come in late, having been absent the last 10 days, in which the discussion has grown to 200 posts, that I have only skimmed. So I apologize if I repeat something that has already been said. 1. Have you looked at the structure of the gallica images, at http://gallica.bnf.fr? IMHO their organization is now quite nice. They are preserved as B/W compressed TIFF files, and served in different ways. After identifying the book (their catalogue search is not yet at the level of the rest) you get a book page that allows different consultation methods: a) Notice: contains the book's catalogue card b) table des matieres: a TOC, with link to the starting pages of the chapters c) pagination: contains a list of all the pages for direct access d) chemin de fer: contains thumbnails of a selection of consecutive pages e)texte seul, plein ecran: allows random access without the extra overhead of b), c), d) f) telecharger: allows downloading of a range of pages, either as multipage tiff, or as pdf (incapsulating the same tiff pages). g) reproduire: allows ordering a paper copy. I believe that their experience, built during the years, might be significant, (we sould of course add links from and to the text, that they don't have). Probably thay might be willing to cooperate with us, if approached suitably (that IMHO includes addressing them in french ...) allowing us to know somethiung of the internals of their work, that we might copy. Many gallica books have been used for DP - at least 1000 I believe, I alone have provided about 400 - and it would be nice to do something that can be integrated in their structure. 2) It has been stated that the standard of academic quotations is to look at a reference edition, and that you have to consult physically the reference edition to check the page numbers. This is not true: you can also consult a different reprint, that includes the page numbers of a reference edition; and this can be as well be done with a PG etext provided that it includes these page numbers. Some academic books even contain different "original" page numbers to allow different reference schemes, when there is more than one reference edition (or reference manuscript). Carlo Traverso