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CHAPTER III.
THE PRINCIPAL ENTRY.—THE AUTHOR ENTRY, I.
13.—Whatever difference of opinion may exist upon various points that arise in cataloguing books all authorities are agreed that the principal or main entry giving the most particulars concerning a book should be that under its author’s name. This, then, is the first entry to be made, and the cataloguer having selected the book to be dealt with ignores any title upon the binding and, passing by the preliminary, or “half title,” turns to the title page proper, that containing the most information and with the imprint (place of publication, publisher, and date) at foot, and copies from it the following particulars, adding those not given upon the title-page by an examination of the book, and in this order, viz.—
1. The author’s surname.
2. The author’s Christian name (or prenom).
3. Titles of the author (when required for distinctive or distinguishing purposes).
4. The title of the book.