Where convenient, for the saving of space or more orderly arrangement, any of the cross-references specified under (a) may be written direct to a cross-reference of the form (b) instead of to the main entry, the short title of the larger work being added after the date in italics enclosed in brackets.
Example.
PASCAL (Blaise). See Church (R. W.), Dean of St, Paul's. The Pensees of Blaise Pascal. [A lecture.] 1877. 8vo. [Kempe's Companions for the Devout Life.]
All the above kinds of cross-references may be given in a general form, if this will save needless repetitions.
Examples.
DURER. See DUERER.
HAEMMERLEIN (Thomas) a Kempis. [For anonymous editions of the Imitatio Christi by Thomas a Kempis, see JESUS Christ.]
TUCKER (Charlotte). [For works written by Charlotte Tucker under the initials A. L. O. E., see E., A. L. O.]
In the case of biographies which go through several editions the cross-reference is generalised, so as to cover all editions, by the omission of the date and size (and of the press-mark), the word life or biography, &c., being prefixed to the reference.
Cross-references of other kinds than those specified may be written, if likely to be of use to persons using the catalogue, e,g. from the titles of books, or series, in the form in which they are generally known, whether correct or not, to the heading under which they are entered.
