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I would like to add that the CILIP RBSCG have published helpful guidelines concerning cataloguing binding and provenance information: http://www.cilip.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Guidlines%20for%20the%20Cataloguing%20of%20Rare%20Books.pdf Erika On 15/04/2015 14:20, Matthew Baalham wrote: > I would like to just pick up on Anna Vlasova's question about binding description. Over the past four years I have been building on the work of a previous librarian in cataloguing Longleat's collections from scratch. In terms of binding description, I was heavily influenced therefore by the precedents already set in the existing catalogue. I therefore include the following information in what I regard as a fairly full description, where appropriate. > > Date > Material > Colour > Tooling (blind, gilt, stamps, rolls, fillets, etc.) > Spine label with text of any lettering transcribed > Decoration of textblock (marbled, sprinkled, etc.) > Decoration of pastedowns > Markers and fore-edge tabs. > 'Furniture' etc. > Notes on any obvious repairs (eg. rebacks) > > Think that's it. > > Matthew -- Erika Delbecque BA MA MCLIP Assistant Librarian St Hilda's College Library Cowley Place Oxford OX4 1DY (01865) 276 849