R E S . NO U S E F U L R E F E RE NCE S E I . 5 . A B BREVIA TIONS A ND TECH NICA L TERMS U SED I N BOO K CA TA LOG S A ND IN BIBLIOG RA PH IES A BBREVIA TIONS A ND T EC H N ICA L T E R M S U S E D I N B O O K C A T A L O G S A N D I N B I B L I O G R A PH I E S FRA N K KE L LE R WA LT E R ' I E—D T R N YORK ST T V C IR EC O , EW A E LIB RARY SCHOOL TH E F . A M PA N w . F XON CO Y BOSTON, 1 9 19 1 1 2 COPYRIGHT, 9 BY BOSTON BOOK CO. $ 112 Riv e rh ale 13 1325 5 B R O O K L IN E M A S S . PRE FA CE TH IS list was begun as an e x pan sion of Miss Mary ’ M e d lico t t s A bb revia tions i n B ook Ca ta logues w h ich w a s issue d in 1 906 by the Boston Book Compa n y as B b l a h m N 1 . B ulletin of i iog r p y , pa phlet o . 5 I t has so far outgrown the limits of the o riginal list as to m d d S e have beco e a quite in epen ent prod uction . p cia l fo r n l thanks , however , the orig i a l p an a n d for much of the subject matter of the present list are d ue to ’ Miss Me dlico tt s list a nd to a man usc ri pt Li st of bibli o ra hica l te rms a nd a bb revia tions m 1 06 g p co piled in 9 , E d d M r . ll C . W m M un er the irection of i ia s , by iss El iz a To wnsend fo r the use of the Western Reserve Lib ra ry School . Originality can hard ly be claimed for any w ork so b v usl d d m l r o io y epen ent on p revious si i a attempts nor , m although longer than ost previous attem pts , can any claim to more than approximate completeness be mad e for this list . Perhaps the chief po int of d i fference from other l ists is the greater attention paid to terms a nd abbreviations frequently used in current ca ta log ue s o f d - d secon han booksellers but Which , as they d escribe n d v d ua l peculiarities of i i i copies , are seld om found in m A more for al bibliographies . rb i tra ry symbols used o nly in pa rti c u lar w or ks are usually explained in the works themselves a nd are therefore seld om in c lud ed n c u n m here . The i l sio s are al ost entirely biblio confined to graphic rather than literary , that is , terms used in the d escription of books rather than in the titles proper . The chief exception is the inclusion of a partia l list of honorary titles likely to be met M m n in author entries . any ter s have been i cluded which are almost certain to be supe rfl uo us for the d expert bibliographer but , as the expert sel om ought d m a i d to nee an ele entary list to d him , the nee s of beginners have been given fi rst consid eration . I t is perhaps unnecessary to state that this is a o f a a n d ff list terms in actual use , good , b d d in i erent , a nd not a cod e of forms recommended for use in n catalogues a d bibliographies . Some unusual terms use d in d esc riptions of manuscrip ts a nd incunabula ’ ' e F r lli s Dizi ona mo d . o Ca e hav been omitte these , pp ’ d e a bbrevia ture h a s a n D na i a b évia tion s , C s t s iction re des r ’ a nd Frou s M a nuel d e pa léogra phie la ti n e et f ra nga i se d a r . d . ( 3 e P 1 9 1 0) should be consulted . Old er spell ' ings which are not rad ica lly difi e re nt from pre se n t usages are not usually ind icated . They can easily be found in g ood d ictionaries . The lists of honorary titles a nd of places of publi For a b b re cation are confessed ly incomplete . such Via tions a nd d , titles place names as are omitte , consul t the authorities cited at the head of each of th ese two sections . S E . A . H G . pecial thanks are d ue to M r . afner of S te c h e rt Co . Ne w , York , for current catalogues from which many of the entries were taken ; to the G a n e d M . roli r Club its librarian , iss Ruth S Grannis , for access to bibliographic works in the club library ; M r . F L . A . A Ne w Y k S to J van aer , rchivist , or tate L e a n D ibrary , for corr ctions d add itions in the utch , French a nd I talian sections ; to M iss Gud run Holth VI of the Ne w York S tate Library S chool for similar hel p - in the Swed ish and Danish Norwegian sections ; to M T i z a t ric k L r . J ohn . F t p of the egislative Reference S ection of the Ne w York S tate Library for correcting S M r Ad the proof of the panish section ; to . am J . S trohm of the Detroit Public Library for correcting a nd M E that of the Swed ish section to iss d na M . Sanderson of the Ne w York S tate Library S chool for correcting proof . Whatever accuracy or usefulness the list may possess is in large part d ue to their assistance . v ii N OT E TO T H E R E V I SE D E D I TI ON In t h e pre se n t revi s io n a n u mb e r o f e rrors whic h cre pt i nt o th e fi na l oo fs in s e of re e a e e a n s b se e a m pr , pit p t d r di g y v r l co p e te nt co lla b ora tors thoro ughl y fa milia r with t h e l a ng u a ge s e e se n e a v e b e e n c o e c e . S e v e n k r pr t d , h rr t d ra l lib ra ria s a nd b oo se e s a v e v e n e a id in h e v s n Amon e m ll r h g i furth r t e r i io . g th s e c a me n o n is d ue o Mr A f e H a fne a n h e s a ff o f p i l ti t . l r d r d t t E . S h G . r M n M mm e c e C . n M f t t o a d r . o a d ss e o h e , to th i Plu r t w Y k n o ne s m Ne or Pub lic L ib ra ry . Alth o ugh a h t atte pt a t a cc ura c y h a s b e e n mad e it is no t pro b a b l e that a ll o ld e rrors h ave n e e e r I is o e a s c b e e d t c t d o a ll ne w o ne s av o id e d . t h p d th t u h a s d o e ma n ma n o t o e m s e a n o e v e m c e r i y pr v i l di g , h w r u h th y m v e x h h a e so o f e s o s b b o a e . y t ul t fa tidi u i li gr ph r . Se e a co ns e a o ns mo n e m th e e x e nse o f b b o v r l id r ti , a g th p i li a c b ca o ns e e e n e a n c o ns e a b e c a n e s gr phi pu li ti , hav pr v t d y id r l h g i n n n o r e T s a e n a e e m na s c o te t sco p .