_Ex._ 1517 for MDXVII or CIↃ IↃ XIIIX.
When the subarrangement of the catalogue is by dates (as in that of
the Amer. Philos. Society), it may be well to place the date uniformly
at the end of the line in this order: O. Wash., 1864. Otherwise the
best order is to put the place and date immediately after the title,
because like it they are taken from the title-page. The form, which is
not copied but is the cataloguer’s own assertion, then comes last. The
dates can be made prominent in a chronological arrangement by printing
them in heavy type, as in Prof. Abbot’s “Literature of the doctrine
of a future life.” In Very Short the German style of printing dates
should be adopted, 742 (_i. e._, 1742), 875 (_i. e._, 1875). {76}
192. When different volumes of a work were published at different
times, give the extreme dates.
_Ex._ Paris, 1840–42. O. Sometimes Vol. 1 is of the 2d ed. and its
date is later than that of Vol. 2. This is in Medium: (Vol. 1, 2d ed.)
1874, 69–73. 5 v. O; in Short merely 1869–74.
193. In cataloguing reprints, Full should give the date of the original
edition.
_Ex._ «Ascham», R. Toxophilus, 1545. London, 1870. O. (Arber’s reprints.)
_or_ 3d ed. London, 1857 [1st ed. 1542]. O.
The labor of always hunting up the original date is so great that
Medium may be allowed to give it when it can easily be ascertained and
omit it in other cases.
In a printed catalogue, if the first edition is in the library, of
course its date need not be given with the subsequent editions.
194. In analyticals Medium and Full should give the date of the work
referred to, and the number of pages; Short should specify at least
which volume is meant.
The date, if it be that of original publication, tends to show the
style of treatment; if it be that of a reprint or of “Works” it shows
which of the various editions in the library is meant. The number of
pages will help the reader to decide whether the reference is worth
looking up.
The Birmingham Free Library has an ingenious way of printing
analyticals. The title is in long primer type, the parenthesis is in
pearl, of which two lines will justify with one of the long primer.
Fossils. Recent and fossil shells by Woodward [Illustration: (Weale’s
Series, vol. 27.)]
Gleig, G. R. Eminent military commanders [Illustration: (Lardner’s
Cyclopædia, vols. 19–21)] 3 duo 1832.
By this arrangement the analytical nature of the reference is made
much clearer and often a line is saved. But it is very troublesome to
the printer.