193. In cataloguing reprints, Full should give the date of the original edition.
Ex. Ascham, R. Toxophilus, 1545. London, 1870. O. (Arber’s reprints.)
or 3d ed. London, 1857 [1st ed. 1542]. O.
The labor of always hunting up the original date is so great that Medium may be allowed to give it when it can easily be ascertained and omit it in other cases.
In a printed catalogue, if the first edition is in the library, of course its date need not be given with the subsequent editions.
194. In analyticals Medium and Full should give the date of the work referred to, and the number of pages; Short should specify at least which volume is meant.
The date, if it be that of original publication, tends to show the style of treatment; if it be that of a reprint or of “Works” it shows which of the various editions in the library is meant. The number of pages will help the reader to decide whether the reference is worth looking up.
The Birmingham Free Library has an ingenious way of printing analyticals. The title is in long primer type, the parenthesis is in pearl, of which two lines will justify with one of the long primer.
Fossils. Recent and fossil shells by Woodward (Weale’s Series, vol. 27.)
Gleig, G. R. Eminent military commanders (Lardner’s Cyclo- pædia, vols. 19–21) 3 duo 1832.