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

[Lenore Rouse]

Option 3 seems clearest to me.
Lenore

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On 2/13/2013 6:56 PM, Randal Brandt wrote:
> 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,
>