| Authors, Editors, and Titles. |
| Editor, Edited | ed. |
| Herausgegeben | hrsg. herausg. |
| Translator, Translated | transl. tr. |
| Traduit, Tradotto | trad. |
| Compiler, Compiled | comp. |
| Illustrator | illus. |
| Introduction, Introductory | intro. |
| Anonym, Anonymous | anon. |
| Pseudonym, Pseudonymous | pseud. |
| Born | b. |
| Died | d. |
| Society | Soc. (In names of societies, as Camden Soc.) |
| Thus | (sic). Inserted sometimes to emphasize peculiarity of spelling or phrase. |
| Volumes and Collations. |
| Volume, Volumes | v. |
| Band | bd. |
| Part, Parts | Pt., pts. |
| Number, Numbers | No., nos. |
| Series | ser. |
| New series | n.s. |
| Pamphlet, Pamphlets | pamph. |
| Pages | pp. |
| Leaves | ll. |
| Folios | ff. |
| Illustrated, Illustrations | illus., ill., il. |
| Coloured | col. |
| Portrait, Portraits | port., ports. |
| Frontispiece | front., frontis. |
| Plate, Plates | pl., pls. |
| Large paper | l.p. |
| Advertisements | advts. |
| No title-page | n.t.p. |
| Title-page wanting | t.p.w. |
| Imprint. |
| No date | n. d., N.D., s.a. (i.e., sine anno.) |
| No place | n.p. |
| No place or date | s.a. et l. |
| Various dates | v.d. |
| About (Circa, followed by a date) | c. |
| Printed, Printer | pr. |
| Published, Publisher | pub. |
| Manuscript, Manuscripts | MS., MSS. |
| Reprint | repr. |
| Specimen abbreviations for places of publication (only) | Lon., Dub., Edin., Oxf., Camb., L’pool, M’chester, B’ham, N. York. |
| Edition | ed. |
| Binding. |
| Cloth | cl. |
| Morocco | mor. |
| Calf | cf. |
| Half | hf. |
| Bound | bd. |
| Binding | bdg. |
| Gilt edges | g.e. |
| Sizes of Books. |
| Sextodecimo | 16o., 16mo., S |
| Duodecimo | 12o., 12mo., duo., D. |
| Octavo | 8o., 8vo., O. |
| Quarto | 4o., 4to., Q. |
| Folio | fo., fol., F. |
| Small | sm. |
| Large | la. |
| Super | sup. |
| Atlas | atl. |
| Imperial | imp. |
| Royal | roy. |
| Demy | dy. |
| Crown | cr. |
| Oblong | obl. |