| 09 | Manuscripts. Rare and remarkable works Scope Note: Class here works about manuscripts and rare books. For documents themselves, see common auxiliaries of form (0.032) and (0.068) (Table 1d) ⇨ (0.032) Handwritten documents (autograph, holograph copies). Manuscripts. Pictorial documents (drawings, paintings) ⇨ (0.068) Rare documents. Unique documents. Sole extant copies. Unica |
| 090.1 | Bibliophily. Bibliomania Book collectors and collections ⇨ 028.01 Taste, passion for reading ⇨ 655.425 Antiquarian bookselling. Second-hand bookselling |
| 091 | Manuscripts ⇨ (0.032) Handwritten documents (autograph, holograph copies). Manuscripts. Pictorial documents (drawings, paintings) ⇨ 75.05 Applications of painting |
| 091.0 | Technical questions relating to manuscripts |
| 091.01 | Script. Writing of manuscripts ⇨ 003 Writing systems and scripts ⇨ 003.072 Palaeography ⇨ 930.2 Methodology of history. Ancillary historical sciences |
| 091.07 | Facsimiles Reproduction of manuscripts by chromolithography, photography and other processes ⇨ 655.2 Graphic reproduction processes. Production of printing surfaces. Typesetting, composing ⇨ 774 Photomechanical processes generally ⇨ 776 Photolithography. Photographic production of planographic plates |
| 091.1 | Form of manuscript |
| 091.11 | Tablets. Single leaves |
| 091.12 | Double, multiple leaves Diptychs. Triptychs. Polyptychs. Palm leaf books |
| 091.13 | Rolls. Volumina |
| 091.14 | Codices. Volumes. Books with folded leaves |
| 091.2 | Manuscripts according to writing surface On papyrus, parchment, paper ⇨ 003.51 Writing surfaces |
| 091.3 | Various kinds of manuscript |
| 091.31 | Manuscript decoration Manuscripts with miniatures. Illuminated manuscripts ⇨ 096 Books remarkable for their illustrations or for materials used ⇨ 75.05 Applications of painting |
| 091.33 | Palimpsests. Re-used manuscripts |
| 091.5 | Autographs. Autography Handwritten texts. Holographs. Signatures ⇨ 099.3 Works with autograph dedication |
| 091.6 | Printed works with manuscript notes by celebrated authors (other than the authors of the works) |
| 092 | Xylographic books Block books (books printed from carved wooden blocks) |
| 093 | Incunabula Scope Note: Works printed in Europe before 1500: originals; facsimiles of them; studies of them |
| 094 | Other precious, remarkable or rare printed works |
| 094.1 | Works of great rarity but later than incunabula Masterpieces of typography. Works from the celebrated great presses. Limited editions ⇨ 099.4 Works which have become rare through adventitious circumstances |
| 094.2 | Unique copies. Sole extant copies. Unica ⇨ (0.068) Rare documents. Unique documents. Sole extant copies. Unica |
| 094.3 | Fine editions De luxe editions. Collectors’, book-lovers’ editions ⇨ (0.027.6) De luxe editions. Fine editions. Collectors’, book-lovers’ editions |
| 094.4 | First editions. Editiones principes ⇨ (0.044) First (published) editions. Editiones principes |
| 094.5 | Less valuable old books |
| 095 | Books remarkable for their binding |
| 096 | Books remarkable for their illustrations or for materials used |
| 096.1 | Rare illustrated books ⇨ 084 Pictorial material |
| 096.2 | Books of precious materials On vellum, silk, bark. With silver, gold. With woven, carved, engraved text |
| 097 | Marks of ownership or origin Ex libris. Bookplates. Monograms, seals |
| 098 | Various kinds of work remarkable for intrinsic characteristics |
| 098.1 | Prohibited books Works condemned or banned by temporal or spiritual powers. Suppressed, censored works. Library ‘infernos’ (collections not considered suitable for open display). Clandestine, secret, underground literature ⇨ 070.18 Newspapers from unknown presses and publishers ⇨ 82-993 Licentious, salacious, titillating literature. Erotica. Pornography |
| 098.11 | Prohibited by religious authorities Index librorum prohibitorum ⇨ 27-428.4 Prohibitions in Christianity |
| 098.12 | Prohibited by civil authorities ⇨ 351.751.5 Censorship. Imprimatur. Permission to publish |
| 098.3 | Lost works. Imaginary, suppositious and projected works. Works announced but never published |
| 098.5 | Works with key Scope Note: With detailed correspondence to real persons, events. Romans à clef |
| 099 | Other kinds of work, remarkable for extrinsic characteristics. Curiosa |
| 099.1 | Works of exceptional format Outsize, giant, mammoth. Minute, dwarf, microscopic. Micrographic editions ⇨ (0.021) Documents according to scope and size |
| 099.2 | Works which have fetched high prices |
| 099.3 | Works with autograph dedication ⇨ 091.5 Autographs. Autography |
| 099.4 | Works which have become rare through adventitious circumstances Books not on the market. Out-of-print editions ⇨ 094.1 Works of great rarity but later than incunabula |
| 099.5 | Works of value because of their provenance Books formerly belonging to historic, royal, literary personages, great collections |