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15: Single Item with Foreign Title (Sample Descriptions in the 1982 Edition)
Friedr. Hecker’s Abschied in Strasburg : auf seiner Reise nach Amerika. -- Frankfurt a[m] Main : Druck u. Verlag v. Ed. Gust. May, [ 1849?]
1 print : lithograph, hand colored ; image and text 33 x 23 cm., on sheet 43 x 29 cm.
Title translated: Friedrich Hecker’s farewell in Strasbourg, upon his trip to America.
Four line quote (presumably of Hecker) below image.
Source unknown.
Friedr.: The abbreviated name is not completed because it can be understood (0J2).
a[m]: The abbreviated place of publication is completed (2C4).
Druck u. Verlag v. Ed. Gust.: The abbreviations in the publisher statement are transcribed as they appear (2D1).
1849?: The probable date of publication is given, based on the date of the event, according to the pattern in Appendix A (2F5.1). For a single item, this supplied date is enclosed in square brackets (0B1.1, 0B2).
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