6.32 — Type of binding
Contents:
- 6.32.1 Element information
- 6.32.2 RDA definition and scope
- 6.32.21.Y.Y DCRMR elaboration on scope
- 6.32.3 General rule
6.32.1 Element information
6.32.1.2 Sources of information
6.32.2 RDA definition and scope
6.32.2.1 A method used to bind a published or unpublished manifestation.
6.32.21.Y.Y DCRMR elaboration on scope
6.32.21.1.Y.Y Also use for containers and physical carriers issued with a manifestation or original to the material. Record information about containers and physical carriers not issued with a manifestation or original to the material as a Modification of item (see 9.41.SOMETHING.SOMETHING).
6.32.3 General rule
6.32.3.1 Describe details of a binding, container, or physical carrier issued with or original to a manifestation if considered important.
Example:
In publisher’s pictorial cloth binding with gold-stamped title and portrait of the author with lion cubs on front
Example:
Toy book cut in the shape of a standing Robinson Crusoe
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Collages of marbled paper squares and rectangles mounted on cream-colored Italian handmade paper (watermarked Umbria, Italy, C.M.F.)
Example:
Bound in yellow cloth with bamboo design in gold, red and green
Example:
On heavy board pages cut in the shape of the shop
Example:
In yellow wrappers; with illustrations on inside of front and back wrapper, and publisher’s advertisement on outside of back wrapper
6.32.3.2 Optionally, record specific types of bindings using one or more terms from the RDA Value Vocabularies: RDA Type of Binding, the Controlled Vocabulary for Rare Materials Cataloging, or other controlled vocabularies. Indicate the source of the term.
6.32.3.3 Details of a binding recorded here usually apply to all exemplars of a manifestation. Summaries of binding details that apply to particular groups of exemplars within an edition or issue may also be recorded.
Example:
Two issues include: (a) Green cloth cover, 23 cm, with small mounted portrait; the text and illustrations in reddish orange; the decorations, including endleaves, in pale yellow; (b) Green cloth cover, 25 cm, with large mounted illustration; the text in black, with decorations in light orange, without decorated endleaves
Example:
At least two variants exist: one bound in red cloth with white lettering and the other in gold cloth with orange lettering
6.32.3.4 Record details pertaining to the binding of individual items as Modification of item if considered important (see 9.41.35.1).
6.32.3.5 Record descriptions of containers issued with the manifestation if considered important.
Example:
In walnut frame(Ingest comment: example needs review)
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In thermoplastic case(Ingest comment: example needs review)
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In case(Ingest comment: example needs review)
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In brass mat within leather-covered wooden case with floral motif on cover. Blue velvet pad with embossed urn(Ingest comment: example needs review)
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In metal mounts with glass(Comment: Set of 35 mm slides)
(Ingest comment: example needs review)
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In leather presentation box(Ingest comment: example needs review)
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Case: leather, 9.3 x 8.1 cm, with geometric oval rosette motif and embossed red velvet pad(Comment: Daguerreotype case)
(Ingest comment: example needs review)
6.32.3.55.Y.Y Optionally, record specific types of bindings using one or more terms from the RDA Value Vocabularies: RDA Type of Binding, the Controlled Vocabulary for Rare Materials Cataloging, or other controlled vocabularies. Indicate the source of the term.
6.32.3.6 Record descriptions of dust jackets issued with the manifestation if considered important. For instructions on dust jackets as sources of information, see Integrity of the copy, i.01.8.2.
