A few illustrations typical of the form of entry will be useful.

Bible, The:
Old and New Testaments.
Greek. British Museum. Facsimile of the
Codex Alexandrinus. 4 v. 4o 1879-83220.48
English. The Holy Bible. 4o Oxford Univ.
Press, 1857220.52
— Authorised version, in the easy reporting
style of Pitman's shorthand. 20th cent.
ed. n.d.220.52
French. La sainte Bible; traduction d' Ostervald.
Paris, 1899220.54
Italian. La sacra Bibbia; tradotta da Diodati.
Roma, 1880220.55
Old Testament.
Irish; transl. by Wm. Bedel. 4o 1685221.562
Parts of Old Testament.
Genesis; ed. by G. W. Wade. 1896222.11
— and part of Exodus: a revised version,
with marginal references, &c., by Henry
Alford. 1872222.11
Psalms. Greek. The Psalms according to
the Septuagint; ed. by H. B. Swete.
Camb., 1896223.2
Daniel and Ezra. Hebrew and English.
John Leusden's translation of all the
Syriac verses into pure Biblical Hebrew,
with the parallel text in English. 1900224.5

The New Testament wholly or in parts would be similarly arranged.

All the foregoing remarks apply only to editions of the text as far as the dictionary catalogue is concerned. Commentaries on the whole Bible, or on the separate books, follow the customary rules for main entry, and only come under the general heading of "Bible" as subject when they deal with the Bible as a whole. Commentaries upon the Old Testament or the New Testament separately are entered under "Old Testament" and "New Testament" respectively—not under "Bible"; and isolated commentaries upon a particular book under the name of that book. These points are more clearly shown by examples. When a commentary covers the whole Bible, or is meant to do so, as The Speaker's Commentary, The Expositor's Bible, The International Critical Commentary, The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges, and others, there would be a main-entry under the general editor's name, and subordinate entries or references (entries are better) under the writers or editors of the separate volumes. The contents of the volumes must either be set out under the main-entry or under the heading "Bible."

Driver, Samuel R., and others (Eds.) The
international critical commentary on the Holy
Scriptures. 24 v. 1909-13220.7
In course of publication. For the contents of
the volumes see Bible (Commentaries).

Bible, The:
Commentaries.
Driver, S. R. &c. (Eds.) International critical
commentary. 24 v. 1909-13220.7
Genesis, by John Skinner; Exodus, by
A. R. S. Kennedy (following on through the
rest of the books in the Bible order).

It is literally more correct to set out the contents of these different volumes under the main-entry (Driver), but it is far more convenient to give them under "Bible," as above. If given under "Driver," then the note should be attached to the entry under "Bible."

The different volumes, as said before, are catalogued under the names of the individual authors, but not under the names of the separate books when they are part of a general commentary, as

Skinner, John. A critical and exegetical commentary
on Genesis. (International critical
commentary.) 1910220.7

An alternative and briefer form is

Brooke, A. E. International critical commentary:
The Johannine Epistles. 1912220.7