These imprint entries are to give the facts, whether ascertained from the book or from other sources; those which are usually taken from the title (edition, place, publisher’s name, and series) should be in the language of the title, corrections and additions being inclosed in brackets. It is better to give the words, “maps,” “portraits,” etc., and the abbreviations for “volumes” and “pages,” in English. (4k
Notes (in English) and contents of volumes are to be given when necessary to properly describe the works. Both notes and lists of contents to be in a smaller type. (5a
A single _dash_ or indent indicates the omission of the preceding heading; a subsequent dash or indent indicates the omission of a subordinate heading, or of a title. (6a
A dash connecting numbers signifies _to and including_; following a number it signifies _continuation_. (6b
A ? following a word or entry signifies _probably_. (6c
_Brackets_ inclose words added to titles or imprints or changed in form. (6d
Arabic _figures_ are to be used rather than Roman; but small capitals may be used after the names of sovereigns, princes, and popes. (6e
A list of _abbreviations_ to be used was given in the _Library journal_, 3: 16–20. (6f
The surname when used alone precedes the same name used with forenames; where the initials only of the forenames are given, they are to precede fully written forenames beginning with the same initials (_e. g._, Brown; Brown, J.; Brown, J. L.; Brown, James). (7a
The prefixes M and Mc, S., St., Ste., Messrs., Mr., and Mrs., are to be arranged as if written in full, Mac, Sanctus, Saint, Sainte, Messieurs, Mister, and Mistress. (7b
The works of an author are to be arranged in the following order:—
3. Single works, alphabetically by the first word of the title. (7e
The order of alphabeting is to be that of the English alphabet. (7f
The German ae, oe, ue, are _always_ to be written ä, ö, ü, and arranged as a, o, u. (7g
Names of persons are to precede similar names of places, which in turn precede similar first words of titles. (7h
THE RULES OF THE ENGLISH LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
The cataloguing rules of the Library Association of the United Kingdom, as revised in 1883, and published in the _Library Chronicle_ of February, 1885, differ from the A. L. A. rules in the following points: