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

[Noble, Richard]

Another second--and I've added this as an example in my copy of DCRM(B).
ESTC's transcription exemplifies the potential awkwardess that 4C3
addresses.

RICHARD NOBLE : RARE BOOKS CATALOGER : JOHN HAY LIBRARY : BROWN UNIVERSITY
PROVIDENCE, RI 02912 : 401-863-1187/FAX 863-3384 : RICHARD_NOBLE at BROWN.EDU


On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 7:22 AM, Lenore Rouse <rouse at cua.edu> wrote:

> 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,
>>
>>
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