Descriptive cataloguing of rare books, 2nd ed., 1991, publ by
Lib of Congress, ISBN 0844406902 - this is a good guide, there
is also a companion vol of examples
there are protocols - i.e. use of brackets if date of publ is
found elsewhere (other than title page/colophon)
deirdre
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 01:17:30 -0800 (PST) Michele Kohler
<cornflwr@cornflwr.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 14th March 2002
>
> Could someone direct me to rules for dating books in library catalogue entries? I am trying to identify copies of books that do or don't have the date of publication on the title-page but it isn't clear if library catalogue entries recognise a difference.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Michele Kohler
> cornflwr@cornflwr.demon.co.uk
>
>
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