On the Construction of Catalogues of Libraries: And of a General Catalogue; and Their Publication by Means of Separate, Stereotyped Titles. With Rules and ExamplesSmithsonian Institution, 1852 - 78 pages |
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abridgment Adam of Bremen addition continuously paged adopted ALEXANDER CHALMERS alphabetical order already stereotyped American Unitarian Association anonymous Apollonius Rhodius applying this rule arranged Arthur of Little ascer ascertaining the fold BIBLE bibliographical dictionary blocks brackets British Museum cancelled leaves cata colophon Coluthus containing the book convenient copy the number cross-references different number drei Reiche Editio princeps English entered expense family name folio full titular description G. W. Bischoff H. G. Bronn half sheets heading HEINRICH G imperfections of copy inches and tenths italics known language library containing Little Britain logue Molière Naturgeschichte der drei noted by cataloguers number and description number given number of copies number of volumes octavo particular libraries Peculiarities of copies peculiarities or imperfections placed printer published reference signatures small number Smithsonian Institution STEREOTYPED TITLES substituted leaves superintend surname tains fewer ter's square title or ascertained title satisfactorily descriptive title-page transcribed translations type metal vellum word
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Page 57 - An? 1584. to this present 1626. With the Procedings of those Severall Colonies and the Accidents that befell them in all their Journyes and Discoveries. Also the Maps and Descriptions of all those Countryes, their Commodities, people, Government, Customes, and Religion yet knowne. Divided into sixe Bookes By Captaine lohn Smith sometymes Governour in those Countryes & Admirall of New England.
Page 56 - A short treatise on the application of steam ; whereby is clearly shewn, from actual experiments, that steam may be applied to propel boats, or vessels of any burthen, against rapid currents, with great velocity. The same principles are also introduced with effect, by a machine of a simple and cheap construction, for the purpose of raising water sufficient for the working of Grist Mills, Saw Mills, &c., and for watering meadows, and other purposes of agriculture. By James Rumsey, of Berkeley County,...
Page 7 - He should be a man of sufficient learning, accuracy and fidelity, to apply the rules. In cases of doubt, reference should be made to the central establishment to which the whole work should be submitted, page by page, for examination and revision. Thus we should have all our catalogues formed substantially on one plan. Now, even if the plan adopted were that of the worst of our catalogues, if all were on the same plan, this uniformity would render catalogues, thus made, far more useful than the present...
Page 43 - Becker (WA). Translated by the Rev. F. Metcalfe, BD GALLUS : or, Roman Scenes in the Time of Augustus. With Notes and Excursuses. With 26 Illustrat1ons.
Page 7 - ... that cherished dream of scholars, a universal catalogue. If the system should be successful in this country, it may eventually be so in every country of Europe. When all shall have adopted and carried out the plan, each for itself, the aggregate of the general catalogues, thus formed — few in number — will embrace the whole body of literature extant, and from them, it will be no impossible task to digest and publish a universal bibliography. How much this would promote the progress of knowledge...
Page 3 - As a remedy for this evil, it is proposed to STEREOTYPE THE TITLES SEPARATELY, and to preserve the plates or blocks, in alphabetical order of the titles, so as to be able readily to insert additional titles, in their proper places, and then to reprint the whole catalogue. By these means, the chief cost of re-publication (that of composition) together with the trouble of revision and correction of the press, would, except for new titles, be avoided.
Page 6 - Again, this general catalogue would enable purchasers of books for public libraries to consult judiciously for the wants of the country. So poor are we in the books which scholars need; so long, at best, must we remain in a condition of provincial dependence in literary matters, that a responsibility to the whole country rests upon the man who selects the books for any public library. Another important benefit of this system is that it allows us to vary the form of the catalogue at will from the...
Page 3 - ... additional titles, in their proper places, and then to reprint the whole catalogue. By these means, the chief cost of re-publication (that of composition) together with the trouble of revision and correction of the press, would, except for new titles, be avoided. Some of the great .difficulties, which have so long oppressed and discouraged librarians, and involved libraries in enormous expenses, may be thus overcome.
Page 6 - It can hardly be necessary for me to dwell at length upon the benefits to be expected from a general printed catalogue of all books in the public libraries of America. By means of it every student in America would have the means of knowing the full extent of his resources for investigation.
Page 1 - ... and which have led or are leading to a common abandonment of the hope of affording guides so important to the literary accumulations of the larger libraries of Europe. It is, of course, entirely practicable to publish a complete and satisfactory catalogue of a library which is stationary. But most public libraries are constantly and rapidly increasing. This circumstance, so gratifying on every other account, is the cause of the difficulties to which I have alluded. While the catalogue of such...