Roman Numerals for Booksellers and Cataloguers

Roman numerals appear frequently in publication dates, volume statements, chapter headings, preliminary pagination, and plate counts.

IOBA_Roman_Numerals_for_Booksellers_and_Cataloguers.pdf provides a quick conversion table, examples of common publication dates, and notes on historic forms that may be encountered in older books. It also explains such cataloguing conventions as terminal j, non-standard additive forms, and Roman-numbered preliminary pages.