Library Cataloguing :: APPENDIX B. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.

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).

Places of publication (specimen abbreviations):—
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	12^o, 12mo., duo.
East	E.
Economy	econ.
Edited, Editor, Edition	ed.
Editors, Editions	eds.
England, English	Eng.
Enlarged	enl.
Explanation, Explanatory	explan.
Facsimile	facs.
Folio	f^o
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, Illustrations	illus.
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	8^o, 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	4^o, 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	16^o, 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).
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.

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