Chapter XIX: Appendix: B

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.

The following are some of the words most frequently used in connection with books and in cataloguing, with suitable abbreviations. All abbreviations must be used guardedly and with discretion, so that they cannot be confused with other words, and are self-explanatory with the context. For a full list see a useful book, "Author and Printer," by F. Howard Collins (Frowde).

About (_circa_) _c._ (with a date following)
Account acct.
Advertisements advts.
Ancient anc.
Anonym, Anonymous anon.
Archbishop Archbp., Abp.
Atlas atl.
Ausgabe Ausg.
Band (_German for volume_) Bd.
Bibliography, Bibliographical bibliog.
Biography, biographical biog.
Bishop Bp.
Book, Books bk., bks.
Born b.
Calf (_in binding_) cf.
Cardinal Card.
Century cent.
Chapter, Chapters chap., chaps.
Cloth cl.
Colonel Col.
Coloured col.
Company co.
Compiled, Compiler comp.
Complete compl.
Continued contd.
County co.
Crown (_in book sizes_) cr.
Demy dy.
Dictionary dict.
Died d.
Duodecimo 12º, 12mo., duo.
East E.
Economy econ.
Edited, Editor, Edition ed.
Editors, Editions eds.
England, English Eng.
Enlarged enl.
Explanation, Explanatory explan.
Facsimile facs.
Folio fº
Folios ff.
Frontispiece frontis. _or_ front.
Gilt edges g.e.
Great Britain Gt. Brit.
Half (_in binding_) hf. (_as_ hf. cf.)
Handbook hdbk.
Herausgegeben hrsg. _or_ herausg.
Historical, History hist.
Illustrator, Illustrated, illus.
Illustrations
Imperial (_in book sizes_) imp.
Including, Inclusive incl.
International internat.
Introduction, Introductory intro.
Large la.
Large paper l.p.
Leaves ll.
Lectures lecs.
Library lib.
Literary, Literature lit.
Manuscript MS.
Manuscripts MSS.
Modern mod.
Morocco (_in binding_) mor.
New edition n.e. _or_ new ed.
New series n.s. _or_ new ser.
New Testament N.T.
No date n.d., N.D., _or_ s.a. (sine anno)
No place (of publication) n.pl.
No date or place s.a. et l.
No title-page n.t.-p.
North N.
Number, Numbers no., nos.
Oblong obl.
Octavo 8º, 8vo, O.
Old Testament O.T.
Original orig.
Out of print o.p.
Pages pp.
Pamphlet, Pamphlets pamph. _or_ phlt., phlts.
Parliamentary parly. (_as_ parly. paper)
Part, Parts pt., pts.
Plate, Plates pl., pls.
Portrait, Portraits port., ports.
Preface, prefatory pref.
Preliminary prelim.
Printed, Printer pr.
Privately printed priv. pr.
Proceedings proc.
Professor Prof.
Pseudonym, Pseudonymous pseud. _or_ ps.
Published pubd.
Quarto 4º, 4to, Q.
Re-edited re-ed.
Reference ref.
Reprint, Reprinted repr.
Reproduction, Reproduced reprod.
Reverend Rev.
Revised rev.
Royal (_in book sizes_) roy.
Saint St.
Sequel seq.
Series ser.
Sextodecimo 16º, 16mo.
Small (_in book sizes_) sm.
Society soc. (_names of Societies as_
Royal Soc.)
South S.
Super (_in book sizes_) sup.
Supplement suppl.
Thus (_sic_) _inserted to mark mistakes
or peculiarities_.
Title-page wanting t.-p.w.
Traduit, Tradotto trad.
Translator, Translated transl. _or_ tr.
United Kingdom U.K.
United States U.S.A.
University Univ.
Various dates v.d.
Vocabulary vocab.
Volume, Volumes v. _or_ vol.
Von, Van v.
With w. _as_ w. col. illus. (with
coloured illustrations).

Places of publication (specimen abbreviations):--

Birmingham B'ham.
Cambridge Camb.
Dublin Dub.
Edinburgh Edin.
Glasgow Glasg.
Liverpool L'pool.
Manchester M'chester.
New York N.Y.
Oxford Oxf.
Philadelphia Philad.