List of abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Description |
|---|---|
| AA | acquisition advertisement |
| ADF | Additional Distinguishing Feature(s) |
| advt(s) | advertisement(s) |
| AFE | Austrian first edition |
| AmZ | Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung |
| ATP | album title page |
| b. | bar |
| BnF | Bibliotheque nationale de France |
| bs | bars |
| c. | circa |
| CFC | Correspondance de Frédéric Chopin (see Bibliography) |
| Ch&T | Chomiński and Turło, Katalog dzieł Fryderyka Chopina (see Bibliography) |
| col. | column |
| cols. | columns |
| CP | cover page |
| CT | caption title |
| CTP | common title page |
| DF | Distinguishing Feature(s) |
| DMF | Distinguishing Musical Feature(s) |
| edn | edition |
| EFE | English first edition |
| engr | engraved |
| EO | STP of ÉDITION ORIGINALE|OEUVRES COMPLÈTES POUR LE PIANO|DE|FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (...) published by G. Brandus et S. Dufour→G. Brandus et Cie→Brandus et Cie→Ph. Maquet |
| FFE | French first edition |
| Fl. | Florin(s) |
| FL | footline |
| Florp. | floren polski (i.e. Polish florin(s)) |
| FPA | first publication announcement |
| GFE | German first edition |
| gGr. | gute Groschen |
| GMP | Gazette musicale de Paris |
| Gr. | Groschen |
| GW | Gazeta Warszawska |
| HL | headline |
| HT | half-title |
| IB | Intelligenz-Blatt (in AmZ) |
| IFE | Italian first edition |
| ITP | individual title page |
| KA | Kurze Anzeige (in AmZ) |
| KFC | Korespondencja Fryderyka Chopina (see Bibliography) |
| Kop. | kopeck(s) |
| Kr. | Kreutzer(s) |
| KW | Kurjer Warszawski |
| LH | left hand |
| lith | lithographed |
| MIM | Musikalisch-literarischer Monatsbericht |
| Mk. | Mark(s) |
| mm | millimetre(s) |
| mvt(s) | movement(s) |
| MW | Musical World |
| Ngr. | Neugroschen |
| p. | page |
| PA | publication advertisement |
| PD | publication date |
| Pf. | Pfennig(s) |
| PFE | Polish first edition |
| pp. | pages |
| R | Rezensionen (in AmZ) |
| RD | registration date |
| RGMP | Revue et Gazette musicale de Paris |
| RH | right hand |
| RH/LH | right and left hands (used to describe a musical feature in both parts) |
| Rs. | srebrny rubel (i.e. silver rouble(s)) |
| SC | sub-caption |
| sep. | separate |
| SFE | Swiss first edition |
| Sgr. | Silbergroschen |
| STP | series title page |
| Thlr. | Thaler(s) |
| TP | title page |
| vol. | volume |
| vols. | volumes |
| WP | wrapper page |
| WZ | Wiener Zeitung |
| złp., Złtp. | złoty polski |