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Page 218 - History of the House of Austria. From the Foundation of the Monarchy by Rhodolph of Hapsburgh to the Death of Leopold II., 1218-1792.
Page 117 - Webster's new international dictionary of the English language, based on the International dictionary of 1890 and 1900. Now completely revised in all departments, including also a dictionary of geography and biography, being the latest authentic quarto edition of the Merriam series.
Page 103 - AB, one of the commissioners appointed in pursuance of the sixth article of the Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation, between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America...
Page 301 - A publication issued in successive parts, usually at regular intervals, and, as a rule, intended to be continued indefinitely.
Page 288 - Catalog. A list of books, maps, etc., arranged according to some definite plan. As distinguished from a bibliography it is a list which records, describes, and indexes the resources of a collection, a library, or a group of libraries. See also Dictionary catalog. (ALA 1941) Catch title. See Partial title. Classification is "the putting together of like things.
Page 298 - ... Map : A drawing upon a plane surface representing a part or the whole of the earth's surface or of the heavens, every point of the drawing corresponding to some geographical or celestial position, according to some law of perspective etc. which is called the projection or, better, the map-projection. Plan: The representation of anything drawn on a plane, as a map or chart ; specifically, the representation of a building or other structure in horizontal section, as it stands or is intended to...
Page 292 - An impression, or issue in print, of a book, pamphlet, etc.; the whole number of copies printed from the same set of types and issued at the same time.
Page 301 - ... in uniform style, with a collective title which generally appears at the head of the title-page, on the halftitle, or on the cover. 2 Each of two or more volumes of essays, lectures, articles, or other writings, similar in character and issued in sequence, eg Lowell's Among my books, second series. 3 Several successive volumes of a periodical or other serial publication numbered separately in order to distinguish them from preceding or following volumes of the same publication, eg Notes and queries,...
Page 298 - A publication with a distinctive title intended to appear in successive (usually unbound) numbers or parts at stated or regular intervals and, as a rule, for an indefinite time. Each part generally contains articles by several contributors.
Page 290 - COVER TITLE. The title printed on the original covers of a book or pamphlet, or lettered or stamped on the publisher's binding, as distinguished from the title lettered on the cover of a particular copy by a binder.