pressmark

American  

[pres-mahrk] / ˈprɛsˌmɑrk /

noun

Chiefly British Library Science.

1. a symbol indicating the location of a book in the library.

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pressmark British  

/ ˈprɛsˌmɑːk /

noun

1. library science a location mark on a book indicating a specific bookcase

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Etymology

Origin of pressmark

First recorded in 1675–85; press ¹ + mark ¹

Example Sentences

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pressmark

The pressmark is xviii     c   4     7 The size is 185 × 130 mm.

From Henry the Sixth A Reprint of John Blacman's Memoir with Translation and Notes by M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James

Decree of August 9, 1589.—This is obtained from the ”Cedulario Indico” in the Archivo Historico Nacional, Madrid; its pressmark is: “Tomo 7, fº 301, nº 449.”

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 07 of 55 1588-1591 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by James Alexander Robertson

The full pressmark of a book was therefore A. v.

From Old English Libraries by Ernest Albert Savage

The following documents are obtained from MSS. in the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla, the pressmark of each being thus indicated: 1.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 20 of 55 1621-1624 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Emma Helen Blair

This document is conserved in the same archives and has the same pressmark as the above.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 29 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Various