[DCRM-L] Correct "Ctry" question

[Deborah J. Leslie]

When I read Riochard's response, I thought "That's exactly right." When I read Margaret's response, I thought "That's exactly right." But they can't both be right; I think Margaret has the stronger argument. 

Since the cancel doesn't change Paris as the primary place associated with the publication, it stays in the 260 ‡a and the country of publication is fr. If you had evidence that Brussels had replaced Paris entirely, your 260 ‡a would be a false imprint needing correction, as in "A Paris [i.e. Brussels]." You'd need pretty strong evidence to do this, which you appear not to have. 

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From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of nina at supermodern.com
Sent: Tuesday, 04 December, 2007 15:14
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Subject: [DCRM-L] Correct "Ctry" question

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