Library of Formatting Examples:Block Quotes/12A

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GREEK GRAMMAR FOR SCHOOLS. Abridged from Matthiæ.
By the <sc>Bishop of London</sc>. <i>Seventh Edition</i>, revised by Rev. <sc>J. Edwards</sc>.
12mo. 3<i>s.</i>

---- Accidence for Schools. Abridged from Matthiæ.
By the <sc>Bishop of London</sc>. <i>Fourth Edition</i>, revised by Rev. <sc>J. Edwards</sc>.
12mo. 2<i>s.</i>

GROTE'S (<sc>George</sc>) History of Greece. From the Earliest Period
to the Accession of Philip of Macedon (<sc>B.C.</sc> 403-359). Maps. Vols. 1
to 10. 8vo. 16<i>s.</i> each. <i>The Work may be had as follows</i>:--

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<sc>Vols. I.-II.</sc>--Legendary Greece. Grecian History to the Reign of
Peisistratus at Athens.

<sc>Vols. III.-IV.</sc>--History of Early Athens, and the Legislation of Solon.
Grecian Colonies. View of the Contemporary Nations surrounding
Greece. Grecian History down to the first Persian Invasion, and the
Battle of Marathon.
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Hanging indents

Each entry in this list of books is printed as a hanging indent, so the list, which is wrappable, must be enclosed in Block quotes.

Nested block quotes

The last entry contains a wrappable list of its own, so that "nested" list needs its own Block quotes. Most of DP's markers and tags occur in pairs (open/close). Since the nesting results in two "open" Block quote markers, there must be two closing ones, as shown here. We close them on each page, even when we know they will re-open on the next page. At the top, the blank line appears after the opening Block Quote because it's part of the Block Quote: the Bibliography began on a previous page and a page break just happened to occur here.

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It's acceptable to format <sc>Vols. I.-II.</sc> and <sc>Vols. III.-IV.</sc> as <sc>Vols.</sc> I.-II. and <sc>Vols.</sc> III.-IV. because the results will be the same either way.