When the Rules Change:
Cataloguing Rare Books
The rules
• AACR2 > RDA
• Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books
(DCRB) > Descriptive Cataloging of Rare
Materials (Books) (DCRM(B))
• International Standards of Book
Description (Antiquarian) (ISBD(A))
• ESTC
BSC
•UK Bibliographic Standards
Committee of the CILIP Rare Books
and Special Collections Group
•Est. 2005
•Review panel for proposals
The imprint
• Date: 1720 > MDCCXX [1720]
• S.l., s.n., etc.
• Date of publication unknown
• Latin names of places of publication
• False imprints
ISBD(A), Area 4, Option B
“Option B is designed to give guidance to
those cataloguing agencies that wish to
reflect the phrasing of the original publication
more exactly and in a simpler manner. It is
assumed that agencies applying exact
recording will always create authority forms
and/or supply standardized or controlled
forms for the different elements of area 4.”
Stockholm, 1776. Trykt hos Henr. Fougt, r. af
k.w.o. kongl. boktryckare
Cf
Stockholm : Trykt hos Henr. Fougt, r. af k.w.o.
kongl. Boktryckare, 1776.
Note: Printer’s name precedes date of
publication on t.p.
In Venetia apresso di Ciotti.
[Colophon:] In Venetia, M.DC.XXI.
Nella Stamperia dio Gio Battista Ciotti
DCRM(B), 5B9
64 p., [1] leaf of plates
Note: Plate has engraved t.p. on recto and
blank verso
Cf
[2], 64 p.
ISBD(A), physical description
• Omission of dimensions
• 16 x 24 cm. > oblong
ISBD(A), pagination
xvi p., p. 17-28
xiv, 176 p., p. 161-832
1-200, [8], p. 201-232
cf
xvi, 17-28 p.
xiv, 176, 161-832 p.
200, [8], 201-232 p.