Citing Dealers’ Descriptions

If you need to cite a dealer’s description accompanying the item you are cataloging, construct the citation as follows. Use the MARC Code List for Organizations whenever possible.

Note: Example is illustrative of this guidance only; other aspects of the record do not necessarily conform to current NACO standards.

Example:

010     ‡a nr 00032571
040     ‡a CtY-BR ‡b eng ‡c CtY-BR
100 1   ‡a Tani, Nicolò
400 1   ‡a Tani, Niccolò
670     ‡a La cognata, 1583: ‡b t.p. (M. Nicolò Tani) dealer’s description in CtY-BR copy (Niccolò Tani; b. first half of the 16th cent.)
670     ‡a RLIN, 16 Oct 2000 ‡b (hdg.: Tani, Nicolò, fl. 1550; Tani, Nicolò, 16th cent.; usage not shown)
675     ‡a World biog. index (WWW), 16 Oct 2000; ‡a EDIT 16 (WWW), 16 Oct 2000

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