Monographs issued in fascicles:

Monographs that are issued in fascicles, or sections, and are incomplete in themselves but paged continuously.  They require special treatment until all parts of a volume are received and bound.  The three special characteristics of a work published in fascicles are

(1) loss of identity (the individual fascicle disappears when the work is bound);

(2) title page issued retrospectively; and

(3) long publishing span, often many years.