262 A Librarian's Work. [xh. 



After the transcription of the entire title, the 

 number of volumes, or other divisions of the book, 

 is set down ; and next in order follows the " imprint," 

 or designation of the place and date of publication. 

 Finally, the size of the book (whether folio, or quarto, 

 octavo, etc.) is designated, after an examination of 

 the " signature marks " ; the number of pages (if less 

 than one hundred or more than six hundred) is 

 stated ; ^ plates, woodcuts, maps, plans, diagrams, 

 photographs, etc., are counted and described in 

 general terms. Any peculiarities relating not to 

 the edition, but to the particular copy catalogued, are 

 added below in a note ; such as the fact that the 

 book is one of fifty copies on large paper, or has the 

 author's autograph on the fly-leaf. In many cases it 

 is found desirable to add a list of the contents of the 

 work ; and if it be a book of miscellaneous essays, 

 each essay often has an additional entry on a card of 

 its own.^ 



sole concession to our English prejudices of capitalising proper adjec- 

 tives in English titles. Much time is thereby saved, and much utterly 

 useless vexation avoided. 



^ In order to point out books of an exceptionally large or small size, 

 I believe it vs^ould be better to state the number of pages in every case. 



^ Where the essays are by different authors, a separate entry for each 

 is of course always necessary, though this is not always made on the 

 long cards. 



