Cataloguing Rules: 1. Of the British Museum. 2. Of the Bodleian Library. 3. Of the Library Associationassociation, 1893 - 27 pages |
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Academies adjectives alphabetical series Apocrypha Arabic figures arranged authorised authorised version Bible BODLEIAN LIBRARY BRITISH MUSEUM catalogued and entered CATALOGUING RULES Church collective title collector or possessor colophon Commentaries country or place cross-reference designation down-in centre EDITED BY J. Y. W. editio princeps editor's name English compound English form entered according Ephemerides following order foregoing rules forename head-title height inches over 28 initials inserted italics J. Y. W. MACALISTER known language librarian Library Association Series Liturgies name occurs names of authors names of editors Names of persons Names of translators oratorios Polyglot popes precede fuller entries prefixed preposition principal entry printed proper names pseudonymous published Quadrilles referred Roma round brackets ruling princes saints separate society song sovereign square brackets strict alphabetical order sub-heading substantive suit which stands supplied Talmud Testament titlepage United Kingdom VELLUM vernacular form volume watermarked written
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Page 10 - ... editions without date, and those of which the date cannot be ascertained even by approximation, to precede all those bearing date, or of which the date can be supplied either positively or by approximation. The latter to follow according to their date, whether apparent in any part of the book, or supplied. Editions by the same editor, or such as are expressly stated to follow a specific text or edition, and editions with the same notes or commentary, to succeed each other immediately in their...
Page 24 - English, enclosed in brackets. CONTENTS AND NOTES. 8. Contents of volumes are to be given when expedient. 9. Notes, explanatory or illustrative, or descriptive of bibliographical and other peculiarities, including imperfections, are to be added when necessary.
Page 20 - Commentaries, without the text, on collected works, in chronological order. Scholia are to precede all other commentaries. (5) Selections from collected works. (6) Collections of two or more works of the author, in alphabetical order of the general title of the collection ; or, if there be none, of the first work of the collection. In special cases entries which would in strictness fall under this division may be placed in the succeeding paragraph, with a cross-reference. (7...
Page 4 - Works in more languages than one, accompanied by the original, to be entered in the original only, unless the title be accompanied by a translation or translations, in which case such translation also to be given. If no original text occur, the first language used in the title to be preferred. In all cases the several languages used in the book to be indicated at the end of the title in italics.
Page 20 - U, are to be arranged as if written out in full, ae, oe, ue. 46. Arabic figures are to be used rather than Roman; but Roman figures may be used after the names of ruling princes and popes, or to designate the number of a volume or chapter when followed by a page [or division] number in Arabic figures.
Page 2 - Works of friars, who, by the constitution of their order, drop their surname, to be entered under the Christian name; the name of the family, if ascertained, to be added in brackets. The same to be done for those known under their first name only, to which, for the sake of distinction, they add that of their native place, or profession, or rank. Patronymics, or denominations, derived from the ancestors or names of other persons, to be used as surnames. 7 The respondent or defender in a thesis to...
Page 24 - The place of publication — followed by the place of printing, when different from that of publication, in brackets. In the case of books of...
Page 20 - But new editions of a work by the same editor are to succeed the first entry of the edition. (3) Translations without the text, of collected works, in alphabetical order of languages, cross-references being inserted in this series to all editions which contain the original text as well as a translation. Polyglot editions are to precede all others. (4) Commentaries without the text, on collected works, in chronological order. Scholia are to precede all other commentaries. (5) Selections from collected...
Page 24 - ... omitted. Where great accuracy is desirable, omissions are to be indicated by a group of three dots (...). The titles of books especially valuable for antiquity or rarity may be given in full, with all practicable precision.