| abridged | abr. |
| abbreviations | abbr. |
| account | acct. |
| additional, -ons | add. |
| American | Amer. or Am. |
| analysis, -tical | anal. |
| anonymous | anon. |
| appended, -ix | app. |
| aus dem Lateinischen | a. d. Lat. |
| born | b. |
| biblical, bibliographical, bibliotheca, etc. | bibl. |
| biographical, -phy | biog. |
| book | bk. |
| Christian | Chr. |
| chronological | chron. |
| classical | class. |
| collected, -ions, college, colored | col. |
| commerce, -ial, committee | com. |
| compiled, -er | comp. |
| concerning | conc. |
| containing, contents, continued | cont. |
| copy, copyrighted | cop. |
| corrected | cor. |
| crown, size of book | cr. |
| cyclopædia | cyc. |
| Danish | Dan. |
| died | d. |
| department | dept. |
| domestic | dom. |
| elementary, -ts | elem. |
| encyclopædia | encyc. |
| English | Eng. |
| engraved, -er, -ings | eng. |
| enlarged | enl. |
| fiction | fict. |
| folios, i. e., leaves | ff. |
| from | fr. |
| French | Fr. |
| geography | geog. |
| geology | geol. |
| geometry | geom. |
| German | Germ. |
| gesammelte, gesammt | ges. |
| Geschichte | Ges. or Gesch. |
| grammar, -tical | gram. |
| great | gr. |
| Greek | Gr. |
| half | hf. |
| historical, -y | hist. |
| homœopathic | homœop. |
| herausgegeben | hrsg. |
| illustrated, -ions | il. |
| imperfect | imp. |
| improved | impr. |
| including | incl. |
| increased | incr. |
| intorno | int. |
| introduction, -ory | introd. |
| Italian | Ital. |
| juvenile | juv. |
| Latin | Lat. |
| library | lib. |
| literary, -ture | lit. |
| medical, -ine | med. |
| memoir | mem. |
| miscellaneous | misc. |
| manuscript, -ts | ms., mss. |
| national, natural | nat. |
| new series | n. s. |
| nouvelle | nouv. |
| number, -s | no., nos. |
| oblong | obl. |
| preface, -ed, prefixed | pref. |
| pseudonym, -ous | ps. |
| part | pt. |
| published, -er | pub. |
| recensuit, record | rec. |
| relating, relative | rel. |
| report | rept. |
| review, revised, -ion | rev. |
| Roman | Rom. |
| Russian | Rus. |
| sämmtlich | sämm. |
| science, scientific | sci. |
| selected, -ions | sel. |
| separate | sep. |
| series | s. or ser. |
| small | sm. |
| society | soc. |
| supplement, -ary, -ing | sup. |
| Swedish | Swed. |
| theology | theol. |
| transactions | trans. |
| translated, -or, traduit, tradotto, etc. | tr. |
| übersetzt | übers, |
| und | u. |
| vocabulary | vocab. |
| von | v. |
| van to be given in full. | |
| in, contained in | ( ) {125} |
| words added to title | [ ] |
| to and included in, or continued | — |
| matter omitted | ... |
| probably, perhaps | ? |
| end of line on title-page | | |
| transition to another title-page | || |
| vo, mo, to, in octavo, duodecimo, quarto | º |