[DCRM-L] Correct "Ctry" question

[Margaret Nichols]

Yes, I'd use France as the country of publication. The "et se trouve 
a Bruxelles" presumably means the book was also for sale in Brussels, 
but its place of publication (at least, its primary place) appears to be Paris.

Cheers,

Margaret

At 03:14 PM 12/4/2007, you wrote:
>I'm cataloging a stack of 18th and early 19th century French plays 
>and just ran across one that has got me stumped. I've looked at 
>DCRM(B), MARC21, and AACR2 and am starting to second-guess myself. I 
>hope one of you on the list can clarify this predicament.
>
>I have a play from 1807 that was originally published in Paris by 
>chez Martinet and printed there by Chaignieau. Our copy has a 
>printed cancel pasted over the original publisher's name but retains 
>the city of Paris and the name of the printer of the original issue. 
>I couldn't find a record in OCLC for the Brussels cancel.
>
>Here's the transciption of what I have (without the diacritics, sorry):
>
>"A Paris, | Et se trouve a Bruxelles, au Magasin de Pieces de 
>Theatre, | chez Gambier, libraire, rue des Eperonniers, no. 16, | 
>[wavy rule] | Imprimerie de Chaignieau aine. | 1807."
>
>The two lines "Et se trouve ... no. 16" appears on the cancel.
>
>Since I'm creating a new record (according to DCRM(B) 4A5 and E1.2) 
>what country should I use in the fixed field? Since "A Paris" is 
>retained in this issue, I'm assuming I would use "fr". Correct?
>
>Thanks in advance for guidance on this. The Southern California heat 
>wave must be getting to me!
>
>Nina

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