MEXICAN IMPRINT TRACINGS
(Approved for use February 9, 2000)

Imprint tracings are made for items printed in Mexico before 1865. Mexican imprint tracings differ from American imprints in that the country is included at the beginning of the tracing.

FORMAT
In general the tracing is created from information found in the 260 field. See table for list of Mexican states.

691		4	‡a [State]. [City]. [Date(s)].
691		4	‡a Mexico. Coahuila. Saltillo. 1822.

• Use the current form of the city as established by the Library of Congress. If published while still part of a territory use the name of the state of which it later became part.
• Do not bracket states, cities or dates. Do not include question marks.
• If the city is unknown make a tracing using the state and date of imprint.
• If both city and state are unknown make a tracing using Mexico and the date of imprint.
   

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691		4	‡a [State]. [City]. [Date(s)].
691		4	‡a Mexico. Tamaulipas. 1838.
691		4	‡a Mexico. Distrito Federal. Mexico City. 1759.
691		4	‡a Mexico. 1839.

[Matamoros] : Imprenta del Mercurio del Puerto de Matamoros; Arizpe, Sonora : Imprenta del Gobierno del Estado, a cargo de J.M. Almon, 1835.

691		4	‡a Mexico. Tamaulipas. Matamoros. 1835.
691		4	‡a Mexico. Sonora. Arizpe. 1835.

• Use the date of publication for the item in hand.
• For questionable dates use the date as it appears in the 260 |c field. Drop brackets, question marks, and text such as before, after, between, and ca. Older records using n.d. should be corrected as found to an estimated date.
• If the estimated date is a probable decade or century, use dashes (e.g. 173-). If the estimated date spans a decade,  then enter using the date as it appears (e.g. 1733-1735).
• If the work is a photocopy, make a chronology tracing for the date of publication of the original.
• If the date of publication has been corrected use the corrected date.
• If the date of publication is a double year use the second year.
• For monographs with multiple dates use a span of years for the date.

Saltillo : Imprenta del gobierno a cargo del C.J.M.P.S., 1825-1826.

691

4

‡a Mexico. Coahuila. Saltillo. 1825-1826.

Monclova :  Imprenta del Gobierno del Estado, de Coahuila y Tejas a cargo del C, Agustin Vela, [183-?]

691

4

‡a Mexico. Coahuila. Monclova. 183-.

[San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico : s.n.,  between 1837 and 1842]

691

4

‡a Mexico. Chiapas. San Cristobal de Las Casas. 1837-1842.

Saltillo :  Imprenta del gobierno  a cargo del ciudadano Sisto Gonzalez, 1825-1833.

691

4

‡a Mexico. Coahuila. Saltillo.

EXCEPTIONS
The curator will indicate if a tracing for a later date is desired.

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Contact: Stephen Young
Last revised: 6/4/2002
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