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The Library of George Gordon King, Volume 1 is a detailed, dictionary-style catalogue of a private library, with notes and explanations that illuminate how books are described and organized.
This edition presents the cataloging rules, abbreviations, and conventions used to describe titles, bindings, contents, and physical sizes. It frames the books as historical artifacts, showing how a nineteenth-century library was compiled and understood by scholars and collectors.
- Learn how entries are structured, including main entries, notes, and abbreviations that signal missing pages or marks of illus., bindings, and formats.
- See examples of catalog entries across a wide range of subjects, from literature and history to travel, science, and art.
- Understand how sizes and formats are recorded, with codes for folios, quartos, and other book shapes.
- Get a sense of the context in which a private library was assembled, valued, and preserved for study.
Ideal for readers of bibliographic history, private library collections, and 19th‑century book culture.
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