The following abbreviations and symbols are commonly employed in the list transcriptions and in Jefferson's book entries on LibraryThing:
2 º
folio
4 º or 4 to
quarto
8 º or 8 vo
octavo
12 º or 12 mo
duodecimo or twelvemo
16 º or 16 mo or 16 s
sextodecimo or sixteenmo
24 mo or 24 s
Vicesimo-quarto or twenty-fourmo
abr.
abridgement
cop.
copies
d
penny or denier
do. or d o
ditto, meaning the aforesaid, the above, the same
dict.
dictionary
edn.
edition
&c. or etc
et cetera, meaning and others, and so forth
f. or fol.
folio
ƒ or fr.
francs
Fr.
French
gr. fol.
great folio
Gr.
Greek
id.
idem, meaning the same as previously mentioned
J.
Denotes an extant copy of Jefferson's book sold to Congress in 1815 in Sowerby's Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson
Lat.
Latin
lt
livre tournois
M.S. or MS or mss or ms
manuscript
p.
page
p. 4 to
petite quarto
p. 8 vo
petite octavo
p. f.
petit-format
p. fol.
petite folio
s
Shilling or Sou, also expressed as /
sm.
small
T. or tom.
tome
TJ
Thomas Jefferson
tt
livre tournois
v. or vol.
volume(s)
viz.
videlicet, meaning that is to say, to wit, namely
£
Pound sterling
/
Shilling or Sou
$
Dollar
