COMARC/B Format for Bibliographic Data

PDFCOMARC/BJune2016

316 Note relating to the copy in hand

This field contains a note relating to the copy in hand for a monographic publication. It corresponds to the ISBD(A) Note Area.

Subfields & repeatability

FIELD/SUBFIELDREPEATABILITY
316Note relating to the copy in handr
aText of noter
0Call number to which field applies*nr
5Institution to which field appliesnr
9Inventory number to which field applies*nr

Indicators

Indicator values are not defined.

SUBFIELDS

316a Text of note

A note relating to the characteristics of the item being recorded in particularly for older monographic publications, e.g. wanting leaves, binding, numbered copies of an edition, etc.

3160 Call number to which field applies*

If an institution has more than one copy the call number of a copy to which field applies is entered.

3165 Institution to which field applies

Name of institution to which field applies in coded form. The numeric library code is entered.

3169 Inventory number to which field applies*

The inventory number to which field applies is entered as a linkage with holdings data. If a multi-volume publication is catalogued with more inventory numbers they are separated one from another with ";".

NOTES ON FIELD CONTENTS

It is considered that the record is made for the ideal copy. In this note field characteristics of the copy in hand are described, e.g. wanting leaves, copy characteristics, binding, numbered copies of an edition, manuscript notes on title page or margins, bound leaves, items, etc. For many older publications it will not be readily ascertainable whether the characteristics of a single copy are shared by other or all copies.

The field can contain the following characteristics of the copy in hand:

  • copy characteristics (see examples 1, 4, 11)

  • numbered copies of an edition (see examples 3, 7)

  • missing page(s), gaps and damages (see examples 2, 9, 13, 14)

  • state of conservation of item

  • binding description and dimensions (see examples 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13)

  • artificial title, e.g. title subsequently added by a cataloguer, e.g. on the rebinding of the unit

RELATED FIELDS

141ANTIQUARIAN – COPY SPECIFIC ATTRIBUTES
This field contains fixed-length data relating to the copy specific attributes of older monographic publications.
317PROVENANCE NOTE
This field contains a note relating to the provenance note of the item, e.g. book-plates, author's and/or owner's autographs, seals, etc.
321EXTERNAL INDEXES/ABSTRACTS/REFERENCES NOTE
This field can also be used to record bibliographical references pertaining to the copy in hand (i.e. exhibition catalogues etc.).
481ALSO BOUND IN THIS VOLUME
This field is used to connect the main item with bounded units. It is generally used for older monographic publications (antiquarian).
482BOUND WITH
This field is used to connect bounded units with the main item. It is generally used for older monographic publications (antiquarian).

EXAMPLES

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  1. 316⊔⊔aLeaves 15-6 bound between h3 and h4 5DLC
  2. 316⊔⊔aWanting all after p. 312 5CaOONL
  3. 316⊔⊔aNo. 23 of an edition of 75 copies 5Uk
  4. 316⊔⊔aMs notes by the author 5DLC
  5. 316⊔⊔aGilt-tooled centrepiece binding by Williamson of Eton, ca. 1605 5UkCU
  6. 316⊔⊔aEarly 18thcentury blind-tooled panelled calf binding 5Uk
  7. 316⊔⊔aLimited to 1000 copies signed by the author. Knopf copy is no. 281. 5TxAuHRH 0PR6023 L2 1928B HRC KNOPF
    (From the edition of "Lady Chatterley's lover" by D. H. Lawrence, privately printed in Florence in 1928 in 1.000 copies. This copy is in the Alfred/Blanche Knopf Library, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, which holds many editions and printings of this work.)
  8. 316⊔⊔aAnche legato con: Nuovi esperimenti di Gianbattista Beccaria … per confermare, ed estendere la meccanica del fuoco elettrico; e con: Della elettricità terreste atmosferica a ciel sereno aLegatura in pelle; dorso ornato; piatti della cop. con cornice dorata; tagli in rosso; (26x20x6 cm) 5IT-TO0741 MOS : SV 327
  9. 316⊔⊔aFront. di insieme mancante; libro quinto mancante; p. 121-124 mancanti aLegatura in pergamena rigida; (24x18x5 cm) 5IT-TO0741 MOS : SV 320
  10. 316⊔⊔aP. 121-135 déchirées avec mq. de texte aRel. avec : "Essequie dell'illustre sig. Alessandro abate Pucci …dal M. R. P. M. Arcangelo Giani…", 1601, et "Poesie latine, e toscane nell'essequie del molto illust. e reverendissimo signor Alessandro abate Pucci…", 1601 aCartonnage plein papier à la colle rose aEx-libris ms. : "Bibliotheca Colbertina" ; l'ouvrage a peut-être figuré dans la bibliothéque du vivant de Jean-Baptiste Colbert. Ex-libris ms. : Abbaye de Saint-Germain des Prés, à Paris aEstampille de la bibliothéque du tribunat, à Paris. Estampille de la Bibliothéque royale (1782-1792 et 1815-1817) 5FR-751131010:YC-1129
    (The copy presents several characteristics, recorded in repeated subfields a: damages with lacking text; description of the works bound with the copy; description of the binding; ex-libris; stamps.)
  11. 316⊔⊔aPapillon impr. collé sur le vers 11 ("Mes coups furent par tout plus craints que le Tonnerre :"), couvrant une version antérieure aRel. dans un recueil de pièces du XVIIe s aRel veau, filets sur les plats, chiffres de Nicolas Fouquet et de la compagnie de Jésus au dos, indiquant un achat sur la rente offerte par le surintendant au collège des jésuites de Paris aEx-libris ms. : collège Louis-le-Grand, à Paris aEstampille de la Bibliothèque du Roi nº 14 sur la première pièce (1735-1782) 5FR-751131010:RES-m-yc-912 (3)
    (The copy presents several characteristics, recorded in repeated subfields a: change in the previous printed text by addition of an inset; bound in an artificial collection; ex-libris; stamps.)

  12. *

    [4]
    316⊔⊔aIzvod je bil nekoliko poškodovan in nato restavriran v NUK: na dveh sprednjih praznih listih je zapis apostolske veroizpovedi in začetek nekega pisma [?], na nasl. str. lastniški vpis Leopolda Maksimiljana Raspa 550001 0R 23872 9030002136
    (If a copy and provenance notes are logically bound together, the whole text may be entered in field 316.)

  13. *

    316⊔⊔aObrezano na 21 cm, manjka prvih 22 nepaginiranih strani z nasl. str. ter str. 1-10 in 589-626, nasl. str. prepisana na uvezanem listu 550001 0R 222928/3 9030000033
    316⊔⊔aObrezano na 20 cm, manjka prvih 22 nepaginiranih str. z nasl. str. ter str. 523-526, nadomeščene so z uvezanimi listi s prepisanim besedilom 550001 0R 10173/3 9030000032
    316⊔⊔aObrezano na 20 cm 550001 0R 10172/3 9030000031
    316⊔⊔a...
    (The characteristics of single copies, e.g. wanting leaves, binding are entered in repeated fields 316.)

  14. * COBISS.net

    316⊔⊔aNedostaje gornji deo str. 7-8 580017 0RPalIt II 1 9000250540

[4] The example is prepared by the National and University Library, Ljubljana.

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