[DCRM-L] DCRM(B) 4D1.3-4D1.4

[Deborah J. Leslie]

Option 2 is incorrect, because if the publisher is grammatically integrated with another element, the information goes in the publisher element (4C3). One could make an argument for Option 1, but it would be hard going. Option 3 is by far the best, and I believe exactly covered by 4C3. 

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Subject: [DCRM-L] DCRM(B) 4D1.3-4D1.4

I am cataloging a pamphlet that has a confusingly constructed imprint. 
DCRM(B) 4D1.3 and 4D1.4 do not quite address this situation. The title in question is "An Heroic Epistle to an Unfortunate Monarch by Peregrine the Elder [i.e. William Combe]," 1778; ESTC T36159: http://estc.bl.uk/T36159

The imprint reads (with line breaks and original punctuation and
capitalization):

LONDON:
Printed in the YEAR M DCC LXXVIII.
And may be had of E. Benson, No. 13, PATER-NOSTER-ROW.


Reading DCRM(B), I see three possible transcriptions:

1) London : $b And may be had of E. Benson, No. 13, Pater-Noster-Row, $c printed in the year MDCCLXXVIII [1778]

     (with a note about the transposition)

2) London : $b [s.n.], $c printed in the year MDCCLXXVIII [1778], and may be had of E. Benson, No. 13, Pater-Noster-Row.

3) London : $b Printed in the year MDCCLXXVIII, and may be had of E. 
Benson, No. 13, Pater-Noster-Row, $c [1778]


ESTC went with option 1 above (without the transposition note), but I'm leaning towards option 3. What sayeth the collective wisdom?

Many thanks in advance,

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