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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">I'm having a crisis of conscious (or maybe just a loss of nerve) about the status of statements of privilege (e.g., "Cum priuilegio"; "Seene, allowed, and commended by publike authoritie to be
printed."). Privilege statements, by unwritten convention, are usually considered by catalogers as a category of statements to be silently omitted. From DCRM(B)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">1A2.2. Omission of pious invocations, etc.
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Omit, without using the mark of omission, information found on the title page that constitutes neither title information nor a statement of responsibility. Such information may include pious invocations,
quotations, devices, announcements, epigrams, mottoes, prices, etc. (see 0G5.2). Transcribe or describe this kind of information in a note if it is considered important.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">I can see why a small, italic
<i>Cum priuilegio</i> at the foot of the title page could be considered title information that's not part of any area. But what about larger, more centrally placed statements, such as found on this title page?:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">The statement "allowed and published …" doesn't fit into any of the publication elements, but could it be considered other title information? I wouldn't think twice about transcribing statements
about publishing by request, such as that found in the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Both are statements about actions that caused the existence of the printed work. What are the arguments for or against considering this type of statement to be other title information?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#31849B">Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. | Senior Cataloger, Folger Shakespeare Library | djleslie@folger.edu | 202.675-0369 | 201 East Capitol St., SE, Washington, DC 20003 | www. folger.edu |
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#31849B">orcid.org/0000-0001-5848-5467 <o:p>
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