On the Construction of Catalogues of Libraries, and Their Publication by Means of Separate, Stereotyped Titles: With Rules and ExamplesSmithsonian institution, 1853 - 96 стор. |
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abridgments additions adopted alphabetical catalogue already stereotyped ANTONINUS LIBERALIS arranged ascer ascertain bibliographical dictionaries Bibliomania Bodleian library Boston Athenæum brackets cata CATHARINE MACAULAY chronicle of Ireland Collier colophon contain convenient CORNELII TACITI Courtilz de Sandras cross-references designation difficulty édition English expense EXPLANATION fold folio FRANÇOIS French given Gregorio Leti half sheets heading HENRY HISTORIÆ Augustæ scriptores inches and tenths initial capitals italics JACQUES JEAN known labor language letters librarian literary logue London marg names of authors NAPOLÉON necessary Note.-V notes number of copies number of pages octavo Omission omitted Panizzi's paper peculiar placed prefixed preparation printed printer Professor Jewett proposed pseud public libraries published quarto reference REMARK Roman rules second edition separate title signatures Smithsonian Institution stereotype plates STEREOTYPED TITLES superintendent supposed surname THOMAS FROGNALL DIBDIN tion title-page transcribed translated type metal undersigned VOLTAIRE volumes water-marks word YALE COLLEGE
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Сторінка 9 - ... cherished dream of scholars — a universal catalogue. If the system should be successful in this country it may eventually be so in every country of Europe. When all shall have adopted and carried out the plan each for itself, the aggregate of the general catalogues thus formed, few in number, will embrace the whole body of literature extant, and from them it will be no impossible task to digest and publish a universal bibliography. How much this would promote the progress of knowledge by showing...
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Сторінка 8 - Again, this general catalogue would enable purchasers of books for public libraries to consult judiciously for the wants of the country. So poor are we in the books which scholars need; so long, at best, must we remain in a condition of provincial dependence in literary matters, that a responsibility to the whole country rests upon the man who selects the books for any public library. Another important benefit of this system is that it allows us to vary the form of the catalogue at will from the...
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