[DCRM-L] Sur l'imprime?

[Lenore Rouse]

Option 2 is the way I've recorded that and similar phrases, thinking 
both of the grammatical connection and the "take what you see" 
approach.  Glad Larry asked the question.

Lenore

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On 2/9/2015 12:00 PM, Randal S. BRANDT wrote:
> Hi Larry,
>
> I would use your option 2, and in fact have done so in the past. The phrase
> "sur l'imprime" seems to be grammatically connected to "A Lyon", so I would
> transcribe it as part of the place of publication.
>
> Randy
>
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 8:29 AM, Laurence S. Creider<lcreider at lib.nmsu.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Folks,
>> It has been a few years since I have actually cataloged anything, and
>> would appreciate some help with an imprint statement.
>>
>> I am cataloging a 1690 French translation of Gregory the Great's On
>> Pastoral Care.  The imprint reads
>>
>> Sur l'imprime,  [in small italics]
>> A LYON,
>> Chez PIERRE VALFREY, rue Merciere,
>> a la Couronne d'Or
>> [horizontal line]
>> M.DC. XC.
>> AVEC PRIVILEGE DU ROI.
>>
>> How should the phrase "Sur l'imprime" be recorded?
>>
>> Options (without keeping original punctuation and without diacritics) seem
>> to include:
>>
>> 1) Lyon : Sur l'imprime, a LYON, Chez Pierre Valfrey ..., 1690.
>>
>> 2) Sur l'imprime, a LYON : Chez Pierre Valfrey ..., 1690.
>>
>> 3) A LYON : Chez Pierre Valfrey ..., 1690
>>
>> 4) as no. 3, but with a note that the words "Sur l'imprime" precede "A
>> Lyon" on the t.p.
>>
>> OCLC offers examples of all of these, except possibly 4.  What am I
>> missing in DCRM(B) or the examples?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Larry
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>> Laurence S. Creider
>> Head, Archives and Special Collections Dept.
>> University Library
>> New Mexico State University
>> Las Cruces, NM  88003
>> Work: 575-646-4756
>> Fax: 575-646-7477
>> lcreider at lib.nmsu.edu
>>
>>
>>
>>
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