[DCRM-L] Publication date question

[Poremski, Molly D]

It's: Historia ecclesiastica novi testamenti ... / Christiani Kortholti.

There are a few records similar to it in OCLC (#38742277), all with the date of 1708, but that makes me think it could be 1712 as well.

Thank you!

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Deborah J. Leslie
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What's the book, Molly?

It must be a typo; if a printer really could realize savings from the printing of 7 characters instead of 8, he would have just used an Arabic date, which is only 4.

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Poremski, Molly D
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Hello everyone,

I'm currently cataloging a work with the publication date of: "MDCCIIX" printed in red ink.

Is this 1708 or 1712? Is it possible that the date was shortened by one character (MDCCIIX as opposed to MDCCVIII) to conserve printing costs? Was this a normal practice or merely a typo?

Thank you very much,
Molly

Molly D. Poremski
Cataloging Librarian
Jean and Alexander Heard Library
Vanderbilt University
419 21st Ave. S.
Nashville, TN 37203
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molly.d.poremskI at vanderbilt.edu

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