Camden, William. Britannia; transl. and enlarged
by Richard Gough. 4 v. in 23. fo 1806
Interleaved copy, illustrated with engraved maps,
views, portraits, &c., and original drawings and
sketches, &c.
Bible:
— English. The Second Folio, Bishops'
Version. 707 leaves. fo London, Richard
Jugge, 1572
Note.—The Book of Psalms is printed in
parallel columns of black letter and Roman
type, the black letter from the Great Bible,
and the Roman, a new version.
—— The Holy B.; containing the Old Testament
and the New. fo London,
Robert Barker, 1611
Note.—This is the 2nd Issue of the 1st ed. of
the Authorised Version of King James'
Bible, and is commonly called the Great
She Bible from Ruth iii. 15.
Other forms of notes that are unavoidable have already been indicated, as for example, those denoting the order of reading for sequels, and the amount of reliable history in works of fiction.
In the previous pages it has been more or less hinted that form entries—that is, entries for books written in a particular literary form, as poetry, drama, essays, fiction—are out of place in a dictionary catalogue, and to introduce them is to drag in sections from the classified catalogue which do not suitably fit. While it is an exaggeration to say that if books in poetical form are to be entered under the heading "Poetry," then it logically follows that prosy books require a heading "Prose," or if novels and romances are to be entered under "Fiction," then serious books should be placed under "Fact"; there is, all the same, a certain amount of truth behind it. If a poetical work has a general title, as "Poems" or "Poetical Works," then there is no need to do more than enter it under the author's name; if it has a distinctive title, a title-entry is given in addition. This also applies to dramas and dramatic works, and to volumes of sermons, letters, or essays. The method of dealing with volumes of essays has been more definitely shown in Chapter VI., and with works of fiction in other chapters. Volumes of letters or sermons bearing upon a definite subject are entered for subject as any other books, the form not signifying.
Beginners in cataloguing may find the following direct and simple hints or rules useful for treating subjects in a dictionary catalogue:—
1.—Clearly ascertain what is the definite subject of a book before cataloguing it.
2.—Do not rely entirely upon the wording of the title-page.
3.—Fix permanently the name adopted for a subject and in such a way that synonymous headings cannot occur.
4.—Bring together all books upon the same subject irrespective of the language in which they are written.
5.—Adopt popular terms in preference to scientific for subject-headings, if the Library is intended to be used by all classes of the community.