Chapter XIX: Appendix: V

ABBREVIATIONS.

The list of abbreviations originally given on p. 57, § 116, was enlarged in the report of the committee on catalogue rules of the American Library Association (_Library journal_, 3: 16–19). It there included the abbreviations for the most usual forenames formed by the initial followed by a colon for men and by two periods for women (as J:=John, M..=Mary), devised by C: A. Cutter and first published in the _Library journal_, 1: 405 and 5: 176. It was republished, classified, but with many omissions and additions, by Melvil Dewey in _Library notes_, 1: 206–211, and also on a convenient card. It is here reprinted in full with his additions.

A list of abbreviations used in describing bindings, prepared by E. H. Woodruff, was published in the _Library journal_ for May, 1887.

FORENAMES.

Aaron Aar. Abraham Ab. Adam Ad. Adelbert Adlb. Adolf Adf. Adrian Adr. Aegidius Aeg. Albert Alb. Albrecht Albr. Alexander, Alexandre Alex. Alfonso Alf. Alfred Alfr. Alphonse Alph. Amadeus Amad. Ambrose, Ambrosius Amb. Anastasius Anast. Andreas, Andrew And. Anna A.. Anselm Ans. Anthony, Antoine, Anton Ant. Archibald Arch. Arnold Arn. Arthur Arth. August, Augustus A: Augusta A: a Augustin A: in Augustinus A: inus Aurelius Aur. Austin Aust.

Baldwin Bald. Balthasar Balt. Baptiste Bapt. Barbara Barb. Barnard Barn. Bartholomäus, Bartholomew Bart. Basilius Bas. Beatrice B.. Beatrix Bx. Belinda Bel. Benedict Bened. Benjamin B: Bernard Bern. Bernhard Bernh. Barthold Brth. Bertram Bert. Boniface Boni. Bruno Bru. Burchard Bch.

Cadwallader Cadwal. Caleb Clb. Calvin Calv. Camillus Cam. Camilla Cma. Carl, Carlo, Charles C: Caroline Caro. Casimir Cas. Caspar Cap. Catharine Cath. Charlotte C.. Christian Chr. Christlieb Chli. Christoph Cp. Clarence Clar. Claude Cl. {120} Claudius Cls. Clemens, Clement Clem. Conrad Conr. Constantin Const. Cordelia Cord. Cornelius Corn. Crispian, Crispin, Crispus Crsp.

Daniel Dan. David D: Deborah Deb. Detlev Dtl. Delia D. Diana Di. Dietrich Dt. Dominicus Dom. Donald Don. Dorothy Dor. Duncan Dunc.

Ebenezer Eb. Eberhard Ebh. Edgar Edg. Edmund Edm. Edouard, Eduard, Edward E: Edwin Edn. Egbert Egb. Ehrenfried Ehrfr. Elias El. Elijah Elij. Elizabeth E.. Emanuel Em. Ephraim Eph. Erdmann Erdm. Erhard Erh. Eric, Erich Er. Ernest, Ernst Ern. Eugen, Eugene Eug. Eusebius Eus. Eustace, Eustachius Eust. Evelina Evel. Ezechiel Ezech. Ezra Ez.

Fanny F.. Felix Fel. Ferdinand Fd. Fitz William Fitz W. Flavius Flav. Florence Flo. Francis Fs. Frances Fcs. Frank Fk. Franz Fz. Frederic, Friedrich F: Fürchtegott Fchtg.

Gabriel Gbr. Gamaliel Gam. Gasparo Gsp. Gaston Gast. Gebhard Gbh. Geoffrey Geof. Georg, George, Georges G: Gerald Ger. Gerhard Gh. Gershom Gersh. Gertrude Gert. Giacomo Giac. Giam Battista Gi. bat. Gian Giacomo Gi. Giac. Gian Pietro Gi. P: Gideon Gid. Gilbert Gilb. Giovanni Gi. Giuseppe Giu. Godfrey Godf. Gottfried Gf. Gotthard Gthd. Gotthelf Ghf. Gotthold Ghld. Gottlieb Gli. Gottlob Glo. Gottschalk Gk. Grace G.. Gregor, Gregory Greg. Guillaume Guil. Günther Gth. Gustav, Gustavus Gst.

Hannah Ha. Hans Hs. Harold Har. Harriet Ht. Hartmann Htm. Hartwig Htw. Hector Hect. Hedwig Hedw. Heinrich, Henri, Henry H: Helen H.. Herbert Herb. Herrmann Hm. Hezekiah Hzk. Hieronymus Hi. Hippolyte Hip. Horace Hor. Hubert Hub. Hugh Hu. {121} Hugo Hg. Humphrey Hum.

Ignatius, Ignaz Ign. Immanuel Im. Innocenz Inn. Isaac I: Isabella I.. Israel Isr.

Jacob Jac. Jakob Jak. James Ja. Jane J.. Jasper Jasp. Jedediah Jed. Jemima Jem. Jeremiah, Jeremias, Jeremy Jer. Joachim Joac. Joel Jl. John, Johann, Jean, _masc._ J: Johannes Js. Jonathan Jona. Joseph Jos. Josepha Josa. Josephine Jose. Joshua Josh. Jószef Jósz. Jules, Julius Jul. Julia Jla. Juliet Jlt. Justin, Justus Just.

Karl K: Kaspar Ksp. Katharine K.. Konrad Konr.

Laurence Laur. Lawrence Lawr. Lazarus Laz. Leberecht, Lebrecht Lbr. Lemuel Lem. Leonard Leon. Leonhard Lh. Leopold Lp. Lewis Lew. Louis, Ludwig L: Louise L.. Lobegott Lbg. Lorenz Lor. Lothar Lth. Louisa L.. Ludolf Ldf.

Malachi Mal. Marcus Mcs. Margaret Marg. Maria Mar. Marc, Mark M: Martin Mt. Mary M.. Mathäus, Matthew Mat. Matilda Mta. Maurice Maur. Max, Maximilian Mx. Mehitabel Mehit. Melchior Mlch. Michael Mich. Moriz Mor. Moses Mos.

Nancy N.. Napoleon Nap. Nathan Nat. Nathaniel Natl. Nehemiah Neh. Nepomuk Np. Nicodemus Nicod. Nicolas, Nicolaus, Nicole N: Noah No. Norman Norm.

Obadiah Ob. Octavius Oct. Octavia Octa. Oliver Ol. Olivia O.. Orlando Orl. Oscar Osc. Oswald Osw. Ottmar Ottm. Otto O:

Patrick Pat. Paul Pl. Pauline P.. Peter, Pierre P: Philip Ph. Phineas Phin. Priscilla Pris.

Rachel Ra. Raimund, Raymond Rmd. Raphael Rapl. Rebecca R.. Reginald Reg. Reinhard Rhd. Reinhold Rhld. Reuben Reub. {122} Richard R: Robert Rob. Rodolph Rod. Roger Rog. Roland Rol. Rudolf Rud. Rufus Ruf. Rupert, Ruprecht Rup.

Salomon Sal. Salvator Salv. Samuel S: Sarah S.. Severen Sev. Sebastian Seb. Siegfried Siegf. Sigismund Sgsm. Sigmund Sigm. Simeon, Simon Sim. Solomon Sol. Sophia So. Stanislas Stan. Stephen Ste. Susan Su.

Tabitha Tab. Temperance Temp. Thaddeus Thad. Theobald Thbd. Theodor Thdr. Theophilus Thph. Theresa T.. Thomas, Tomas, Tomaso T: Tiberius Tib. Timotheus, Timothy Tim. Titus Tit. Tobias, Tobiah Tob. Traugott Trg.

Ulrich U: Ursula U..

Valentine Val. Veit Vt. Victor Vet. Victoria V.. Vincentius Vinc. Virginia Virg. Volkmar Volkm.

Waldemar Wald. Walther, Walter Wa. Washington Wash. Wenzel Wz. Werner Wr. William, Willem, Wilhelm W: Wilhelmina W.. Winfred Winf. Winifred Winif. Woldemar Wold. Wolfgang Wolfg.

Xaver, Xavier X: Xenophon Xen. Xerxes Xerx.

Zacharias, Zachary Zach. Zebadiah, Zebedee Zeb. Zechariah Zech. Zenobia Z.. Zephaniah Zeph.

COLON ABBREVIATIONS FOR FORENAMES.

A: Augustus. A.. Anna. B: Benjamin. B.. Beatrice. C: Charles. C.. Charlotte. D: David. D.. Delia. E: Edward. E.. Elizabeth. F: Frederick. F.. Fanny. G: George. G.. Grace. H: Henry. H.. Helen. I: Isaac. I.. Isabella. J: John. J.. Jane. K: Karl. K.. Katharine. L: Louis. L.. Louise. M: Matthew. M.. Mary. N: Nicholas. N.. Nancy. O: Otto. O.. Olivia. P: Peter. P.. Pauline. R: Richard. R.. Rebecca. S: Samuel. S.. Sarah. {123} T: Thomas. T.. Theresa. U: Uriah. U.. Ursula. V: Victor. V.. Victoria. W: William. W.. Wilhelmina. X: Xavier. Z.. Zenobia. Z: Zenas.

Here C: is used both for Charles and Carlo, H: for Henry, Henri, and Heinrich, and so on. Mr. Dewey for greater distinctness advises the following:

Where : and .. is used in English names, use ; and ., for the German form, and ; and ,. for the French.

FOR HEADINGS.

abridger abr. afterwards aftw. annotater annot. born b. collector col. company co. commentator comment. compiler comp. continuer contin. died d. department dept. editor ed. Great Britain Gr. Br. pseudonym pseud. publisher pub. superintendent supt. translator tr. United States U. S. veuve vve. wittwe wwe. include maiden name of married woman. ( ) include words or parts of words supplied. [ ] probably, perhaps ? after a word.

Use also the common abbreviations for political, military, professional, and honorary titles.

FOR IMPRINTS AND NOTES.

Auflage, Ausgabe Aufl., Ausg. Band Bd. Bohn’s scientific library B. S. L. calf cf. cloth cl. copyright c. e. g., 1882 [c. ’80]. edited, -ion, -or ed. fac-similes fac-sim. folios f. group of portraits gr. of por. Harper’s family library H. F. L. illustrated, -ions il. leaves l. morocco mor. mutilated mut. no date of pub. n. d. no place of pub. n. p. no title-page n. t. p. page, pages p. pamphlet, pamphlets pam. paper pap. photographs phot. portrait of group por. of gr. portrait, portraits por. Roxburgh rxb. sheep sh. square sq. tables tab. title-page t.-p. title-page mutilated, wanting t. p. m., t. p. w. unbound unbd. unpaged unp. vellum vel. volume, volumes v. (in the imprint), Vol. (in the title).[72] with (before words) w. wanting (after words) w.

In notes the abbreviations in all these lists may be used.

[note] 72. _I. e._, Vol. 1 _but_ 2 v.[/note]

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FOR BOOK TITLES.

abridged abr. abbreviations abbr. account acct. additional, -ons add. American Amer. or Am. analysis, -tical anal. anonymous anon. appended, -ix app. aus dem Lateinischen a. d. Lat. born b. biblical, bibliographical, bibliotheca, etc. bibl. biographical, -phy biog. book bk. Christian Chr. chronological chron. classical class. collected, -ions, college, colored col. commerce, -ial, committee com. compiled, -er comp. concerning conc. containing, contents, continued cont. copy, copyrighted cop. corrected cor. crown, _size of book_ cr. cyclopædia cyc. Danish Dan. died d. department dept. domestic dom. elementary, -ts elem. encyclopædia encyc. English Eng. engraved, -er, -ings eng. enlarged enl. fiction fict. folios, _i. e._, leaves ff. from fr. French Fr. geography geog. geology geol. geometry geom. German Germ. gesammelte, gesammt ges. Geschichte Ges. or Gesch. grammar, -tical gram. great gr. Greek Gr. half hf. historical, -y hist. homœopathic homœop. herausgegeben hrsg. illustrated, -ions il. imperfect imp. improved impr. including incl. increased incr. intorno int. introduction, -ory introd. Italian Ital. juvenile juv. Latin Lat. library lib. literary, -ture lit. medical, -ine med. memoir mem. miscellaneous misc. manuscript, -ts ms., mss. national, natural nat. new series n. s. nouvelle nouv. number, -s no., nos. oblong obl. preface, -ed, prefixed pref. pseudonym, -ous ps. part pt. published, -er pub. recensuit, record rec. relating, relative rel. report rept. review, revised, -ion rev. Roman Rom. Russian Rus. sämmtlich sämm. science, scientific sci. selected, -ions sel. separate sep. series s. or ser. small sm. society soc. supplement, -ary, -ing sup. Swedish Swed. theology theol. transactions trans. translated, -or, traduit, tradotto, etc. tr. übersetzt übers, und u. vocabulary vocab. von v. van to be given in full. in, contained in ( ) {125} words added to title [ ] to and included in, or continued — matter omitted ... probably, perhaps ? end of line on title-page | transition to another title-page || vo, mo, to, in octavo, duodecimo, quarto º

FOR PLACES OF PUBLICATION.

Use first form on cards. In accession and all official records use shortest form.

Albany «Alb.» Amsterdam «Amst.» Baltimore «Balt.» Berlin «Ber.» Boston «B.» or «Bost.» Braunschweig «Brns.» Cambridge «Camb.» or «Cb.» Chicago «Chic.» or «Ch.» Cincinnati «Cin.» Copenhagen «Copng.» Edinburgh «Edin.» or «Ed.» England «Eng.» Firenze «Fir.» France «Fr.» Germany «Germ.» Glasgow «Glasg.» or «Gl.» Gotinga «Got.» Göttingen «Göt.» Kjöbenhavn «Kjöb.» London «L.» or «Lond.» Leyden «Ley.» Leipzig «Lpz.» Lugduni Batavorum «Lug. Bat.» Milano «Mil.» München «Mün.» New Orleans «N. O.» New York «N. Y.» Oxford «Oxf.» Paris «P.» or «Par.» Philadelphia «Ph.» or «Phil.» St. Louis «St. L.» St. Petersburg «St. Pet.» or «St. P.» San Francisco «San Fran.» or «S. F.» Stuttgart «Stut.» Torino «Tor.» United States «U. S.» Venice «Ven.» or «V.» Washington «W.» or «Wash.»

Also the common abbreviations for the States. Use for all languages when the equivalent name contains these letters.

TITLES, STATES, ETC.

bachelor of arts «A. B.» archbishop «abp.» year of our Lord «A. D.» adjutant «adjt.» admiral «adm.» Alabama «Ala.» Master of Arts «A. M.» American «Am.» or «Amer.» associate of the Royal Academy «A. R. A.» attorney «atty.» bachelor of arts «B. A.» baronet «bart.» before Christ «B. C.» bishop «bp.» brigadier general «brig. gen.» California «Cal.» captain «capt.» Colorado «Col.» Confederate States of America or C. S. army «C. S. A.» C. S. navy «C. S. N.» Connecticut «Ct.»

MONTHS.

Ja. F. Mr. Ap. My. Je. Jl. Ag. S. O. N. D.

DAYS.

Su. M. Tu. W. Th. F. St. {126}

SIZE NOTATION.

_Fold symbol._ _Size letter._ _Outside height._

Never use for size. Never use for fold. In centimeters.

48º Fe Up to 10
32º Tt 10 – 12.5
24º T 12.5 – 15
16º S 15 – 17.5
12º D 17.5 – 20
8º O 20 – 25
4º Q 25 – 30
fº F 30 – 35
F⁴ 35 – 40
F⁵ 40 – 50

Prefix _nar._ if width is less than ⅗ height. Prefix _sq._ if width is more than ¾ height. Prefix _ob._ if width is more than height.

For all books over 35^{cm} high the superior figures show in which 10^{cm} of height the book falls, e. g., F⁸ is between 70 and 80^{cm} high.

_Actual size method._

Give all sizes in cm (for greater accuracy adding decimals), leaving the old symbols and names, 8º and Octavo to indicate fold only. Give height first, followed by h, or by × and width, e. g., 23^h or 23 × 14. 23^h means between 22 and 23, i. e., in 23^d cm. All measures are taken outside the cover. Width is from hinge to edge not including the round. To measure paper or letter-press, prefix p(aper) or t(ype) to figures, including in type neither folio nor signature lines.