Reprint/reissue date and original date:

Code r (008/06) indicates that 008/07-10 contain the date of reproduction or reissue and 008/11-14 contain the date of the original, if known.  008/11-14 contain code u (uuuu) if unknown.

If multiple dates are available for the original publication, 008/11-14 contain the earlier date.

With original photographic material, the work being described would be a later photoprint made from an earlier created photonegative.  With original prints, the work being described would be a restrike made from the (usually deceased) artist's earlier created plate or block.

Examples:

008/06  r

008/07-10  1983

008/11-14  1857

260  ##  $aBoston :$b[s.n.,$c1983?]

500  ##  $aOriginal version: Pittsburgh, Pa. : W'm Schuchman & Bro. Lith., [1857].

008/06  r

008/07-10  1966

008/11-14  uuuu

500  ##  $aReprinted from Green Howard's Gazette.

[Original date of publication is unknown.]

008/06  r

008/07-10  uuuu

008/11-14  1963

260  ##  $aNew York :$b[s.n.,$cn.d.]

500  ##  $aPreviously published in 1963.

To return, select:

008/06  Type of date/Publication status