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INSTRUCTIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN PRINTING THE 

 CATALOGUE OF 1880. 



The leading object in printing is to be Economy of Cost that can be attained 

 only by condensing the particulars of information given, yet without 

 sacrifice of clearness and fullness required ; adopting abbreviations 

 intelligible and uniform throughout. The Printer must therefore adhere 

 strictly to the following instructions, by attention to which he will avoid 

 irregular and unsightly gaps on the page, short lines, and unnecessary 

 waste of space. 



1. The type will be "Long Primer" throughout. 



2. The Works must be arranged alphabetically ; if there be more than one 



work by the same Writer, they must be placed in chronological succession 

 of their issue from the Press. 



3. The Names of Authors or Leading Words must be printed in Capitals. 



4. The description of works must be in " lower case." 



5. The Place of Publication in italic. 



G. The Number of Volumes and date of Publication in Arabic figures. 



7. Indentation of second and succeeding lines must be three "ems," or as 



may be found requisite. 



8. The "Spacing and leading" must be uniform; no extra leading will be 



allowed unless so directed by the Editor. 



9. Christian Name or Names of Authors or Editors must be printed in full 



when ascertainable. 



10. Short lines must be avoided by adopting abbreviations or omission of 



immaterial words, as may be directed by the Editor in the proofs. 



11. Any peculiarities of diction or spelling in the description of the books must 



be carefully preserved. 



12. All Diphthongs must be printed disjoined, i. e. as two separate vowels. 



13. Omissions must be observed : 



(a) Of the Articles A, An, The, when prefixed to the title of the work, 



and in occasional other places, except where employed definitively, as 



(1) A Special Plea; A Noble Example. 



(2) An Epitome ; An Authentic Statement. 



(3) The Bible ; The Koran ; The Queen's Speech. 



(b) Of " 1 vol." when the Work consists of one volume only. 



(c) Of the " Edition " when it is the first. 



(d) Of "London," when London is the place of publication. 



(e) Of Parentheses or Brackets, and substitution of dashes 



14. When the place of publication has two names or more in one language or 



more, the name printed on the title-page will be adopted. 



