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The shelf mark consists of a capital letter and a number. | Standard shelf mark used after 1802 and before
1855. Books in Philadelphia / Stanhope Hall. Normally placed on the front
pastedown or free end paper. Written in ink.
G. Hermann: De metris poetarum graecorum et romanorum, libri III (1796). |
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The shelf mark consists of two capital letters and a number. | Standard shelf mark used after 1855 and before
1873. Books in South wing of Nassau Hall. Normally placed on the front
pastedown or free end paper. Written in ink. [Read as 'Alcove B, bay B,
shelf 8']
G. Hermann: De metris poetarum graecorum et romanorum, libri III (1796). |
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Booklabel. Embossed white letters on printed blue field. | First used ca. 1860. Normally placed on the
front pastedown, upper left corner. Cf. G. Hermann: De metris poetarum graecorum et romanorum, libri III (1796). |
| Inkstamp. | Used in the 1860s. Normally placed on the
title page. D. G. Weeks: Legends of the War (1863). |
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The shelf mark normally appears at foot of bookplate. It consists of a roman numeral followed by arabic numerals. | Standard shelf mark used between 1873 and
1890. Books in Chancellor Green Library. Bookplate and accompanying shelfmark
are normally centered on front pastedown. Written in ink. [Read as 'Alcove XIX, shelf
876, book 71']
G. Hermann: De metris poetarum graecorum et romanorum, libri III (1796). |
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The shelf mark consists of all arabic numerals. First line normally four digits. | Standard shelf mark used after 1890 and down
to as late as 1970s. Books re-organized by Librarian E C Richardson and shelved
in Chancellor Green and Pyne Library. Normally placed on a label in the upper
left corner of the front pastedown and / or the upperhalf the front pastedown. Written in ink if on label, and in pencil, usually on leaf following title page. [Read as 'Class 2538, Cutter number 454'] G. Hermann: De metris poetarum graecorum et romanorum, libri III (1796). |
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The above markings in context. Front pastedown
of
G. Hermann: De metris poetarum graecorum et romanorum, libri III (1796). |
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Ink stamp. |
Introduced into use when Library was in (now) Stanhope Hall, 1803 to 1855. Normally
stamped on titlepage.
Pharmacopoeia of the Massachusetts Medical Society (1808). |
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Embossed | In use after 1873 and not after 1896. Normally placed on titlepage.
E. H. Bickersteth: The Two Brothers (1871). |
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Embossed round seal. | In use after 1873 and not after 1896. Normally placed on titlepage. P. A. Munch: The Norwegian Invasion of Scotland (1862). |
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Ink stamp. |
In use during 1890s, before 1896. C. M. Yonge: A book of golden deeds of all times (1866). |
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Book label. |
In use during 1890s, before 1896. C. M. Yonge: A book of golden deeds of all times (1866). |
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Perforation. | Introduced after the College of New Jersey changed its name to Princeton University in 1896. In use perhaps as late as mid-twentieth century. Normally placed on the lower left of titlepage. S. Rutherford: Letters (1863). |
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Embossed round seal. | Introduced after the College of New Jersey changed its name to Princeton University in 1896. In use as late as mid-twentieth century. Normally placed on the lower left of titlepage. To Doctor R./Essays...in honor...of Dr. A.S. W. Rosenbach (1946). |
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Embossed. | Introduced after the College of New Jersey changed its name to Princeton University in 1896. T. Meadows. Ralph Darnell (1888). |
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Ink stamp. | Introduced after the College of New Jersey changed its name to Princeton University in 1896. In use as late as mid-twentieth century. Normally placed on the lower left of titlepage. To Doctor R./Essays...in honor...of Dr. A.S. W. Rosenbach (1946). |
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Accession number. | Introduced as part of E C Richardson's re-organization program ca. 1900. In use as late as mid-twentieth century. Normally placed on the lower edge of leaf following title page. Stamped in blue ink. Princeton University Library Classed List (1920). |
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Bookplate, introduced ca 1900.
Normally centered on front pastedown. Black on white. |
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Reynolds Stone bookplate, introduced ca 1970.
Normally centered on front pastedown. Sepia or black on white. |
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Logo introduced ca 1977. Usually stamped on top edge of textblock. Black on white. |