EXAMPLES.REMARKS ON THE EXAMPLES.The following examples are introduced, for the purpose of illustrating the rules, and of furnishing specimens of different kinds of titles, as well as of showing the general appearance of the proposed catalogues. In some respects, these are not average specimens; but have been selected, partly on account of their containing difficulties. Some titles would require a large number of cross-references. Only so many are here inserted as are necessary for the purpose of illustration.It has not been convenient to give examples of titles in languages which use other than Roman letters. Our printing-office is not yet supplied with the requisite variety of type. For the same reason, in some of the titles, words are spelled in full, which, in the books, are printed with signs of abbreviation. There is a branch of this invention which promises to furnish us with the means of engraving, with facility, any desired characters, and of stereotyping them from the engraved plates.The application of the rules to the examples will, in most cases, be sufficiently obvious, but, it may not be amiss to make some explanations respecting a few of them.Rule 1 to 3. The examples illustrating these rules need not be specially pointed out. Abridgments are frequent; but the rules for omissions could not be illustrated without giving a great number of full titles, with abridgments of the same. When an author has only one Christian name, the full name is supplied, if not given in the title; when more than one, the initials not given are supplied. Errors in titles, even to accidental faults in punctuation, have been scrupulously copied.Rule 4. See the titles underPlinius SecundusandOrosius.Rule 7. SeeNorth American review,American quarterly reviewandBell. The last journal, being completed, is catalogued according to the principle of Rule 20, under the first editor's name.Rule 20. SeeCobbettandNyerup.Rule 21. SeeGaleandHistoriæ Augustæ scriptores.Rule 21, Expl. 1. SeeAncient Irish historiesandAutobiography. Many of the special titles to the latter are omitted.Rule 22. SeeLinnean society,Great BritainandMassachusetts.Rule 22, Expls. 2, 3. SeeLondon library,University of OxfordandGrenville.The catalogues of private libraries are placed under the names of the proprietors.Rule 23. SeeMéthode,RiquetiandOriental historical mss.Rule 28. SeeBombet,Gualdi,DecanverandVoltaire.Rule 28, Expl. 3. SeeC.,La RochefoucauldandM * * *.Rule 29. SeeMémoires,MostandHarwood.Rule 29, Exc. 1. SeeArcandDubois.Rule 29, Exc. 2. SeeBossuetandMorgues.Rule 29, Expl. 1. SeeBarbié du Bocage.INDEX OF SUBJECTS.An index of subjects, applicable to these titles, has been prepared for the purpose of furnishing a specimen of what is proposed for the catalogue. This general index may be printed separately; being of itself, a compact and convenient guide to the contents of the Library. Such an index affords, as will be seen, the opportunity for making a much more minute and useful classification of titles than is practicable in a classed catalogue.LOCAL INDEX.This is intended to furnish an illustration of the method, described onpage 23, of designating the various libraries, where any work is to be found, the title of which is in the catalogue. This index will be an indispensable accompaniment to a general catalogue. The references given in the present case are, for the most part, supposititious.ABBREVIATIONS.Acc'tforaccount.Anag.foranagram.App.forappendix.App'dforappended.B.forBand and Bände.Biogr.forbiography or biographical.Cols.forcolumns.Cont'dforcontained.Cont'gforcontaining.Crit.forcritical.D.forDeel and Deelen.Ed.foredited or edition.Fo.forfolio, the fold of the sheet.Fol.forfolio, a leaf, singular or plural.Hist.forhistory or historical.In par. cols.forin parallel columns.Introd.forintroduction.Irr.forirregular.Marg. notesforside marginal notes.Opp.foropposite.P.forpart, pars, partie, &c., singular or plural.pp.forpages.Pref.forpreface.Pref'dforprefixed.Pseud.forpseudonym.T.fortomus, tome, tomo, &c., singular or plural.Transl.fortranslated or translation.V.forvolume, volumen, &c., singular or plural.
The following examples are introduced, for the purpose of illustrating the rules, and of furnishing specimens of different kinds of titles, as well as of showing the general appearance of the proposed catalogues. In some respects, these are not average specimens; but have been selected, partly on account of their containing difficulties. Some titles would require a large number of cross-references. Only so many are here inserted as are necessary for the purpose of illustration.
It has not been convenient to give examples of titles in languages which use other than Roman letters. Our printing-office is not yet supplied with the requisite variety of type. For the same reason, in some of the titles, words are spelled in full, which, in the books, are printed with signs of abbreviation. There is a branch of this invention which promises to furnish us with the means of engraving, with facility, any desired characters, and of stereotyping them from the engraved plates.
The application of the rules to the examples will, in most cases, be sufficiently obvious, but, it may not be amiss to make some explanations respecting a few of them.
Rule 1 to 3. The examples illustrating these rules need not be specially pointed out. Abridgments are frequent; but the rules for omissions could not be illustrated without giving a great number of full titles, with abridgments of the same. When an author has only one Christian name, the full name is supplied, if not given in the title; when more than one, the initials not given are supplied. Errors in titles, even to accidental faults in punctuation, have been scrupulously copied.
Rule 4. See the titles underPlinius SecundusandOrosius.
Rule 7. SeeNorth American review,American quarterly reviewandBell. The last journal, being completed, is catalogued according to the principle of Rule 20, under the first editor's name.
Rule 20. SeeCobbettandNyerup.
Rule 21. SeeGaleandHistoriæ Augustæ scriptores.
Rule 21, Expl. 1. SeeAncient Irish historiesandAutobiography. Many of the special titles to the latter are omitted.
Rule 22. SeeLinnean society,Great BritainandMassachusetts.
Rule 22, Expls. 2, 3. SeeLondon library,University of OxfordandGrenville.
The catalogues of private libraries are placed under the names of the proprietors.
Rule 23. SeeMéthode,RiquetiandOriental historical mss.
Rule 28. SeeBombet,Gualdi,DecanverandVoltaire.
Rule 28, Expl. 3. SeeC.,La RochefoucauldandM * * *.
Rule 29. SeeMémoires,MostandHarwood.
Rule 29, Exc. 1. SeeArcandDubois.
Rule 29, Exc. 2. SeeBossuetandMorgues.
Rule 29, Expl. 1. SeeBarbié du Bocage.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
An index of subjects, applicable to these titles, has been prepared for the purpose of furnishing a specimen of what is proposed for the catalogue. This general index may be printed separately; being of itself, a compact and convenient guide to the contents of the Library. Such an index affords, as will be seen, the opportunity for making a much more minute and useful classification of titles than is practicable in a classed catalogue.
LOCAL INDEX.
This is intended to furnish an illustration of the method, described onpage 23, of designating the various libraries, where any work is to be found, the title of which is in the catalogue. This index will be an indispensable accompaniment to a general catalogue. The references given in the present case are, for the most part, supposititious.
ABBREVIATIONS.
Acc'tforaccount.
Anag.foranagram.
App.forappendix.
App'dforappended.
B.forBand and Bände.
Biogr.forbiography or biographical.
Cols.forcolumns.
Cont'dforcontained.
Cont'gforcontaining.
Crit.forcritical.
D.forDeel and Deelen.
Ed.foredited or edition.
Fo.forfolio, the fold of the sheet.
Fol.forfolio, a leaf, singular or plural.
Hist.forhistory or historical.
In par. cols.forin parallel columns.
Introd.forintroduction.
Irr.forirregular.
Marg. notesforside marginal notes.
Opp.foropposite.
P.forpart, pars, partie, &c., singular or plural.
pp.forpages.
Pref.forpreface.
Pref'dforprefixed.
Pseud.forpseudonym.
T.fortomus, tome, tomo, &c., singular or plural.
Transl.fortranslated or translation.
V.forvolume, volumen, &c., singular or plural.