{{umbrella|Notes}}
The general note (code 'alg') may contain additional information or clarification of a specific part of the bibliographical description. Here are some specific examples.
<blockquote>'''''Title'''''<br>
No title page; incipit f. A1 recto: 'Het kleyn ghetydeken'<br>
Title on the engraved title page (f. A2 recto): 'Lvst-hof der carmeliten'<br>
Title and imprint derived from printed covers</blockquote>
<blockquote>'''''Author'''''<br>
Mystification; the real author is [...]</blockquote>
<blockquote>'''''Imprint'''''<br>
Possibly printed by [...]</blockquote>
<blockquote>'''''Date'''''<br>
Date from approbation (f. *7 verso)</blockquote>
<blockquote>'''''Collation'''''<br>
Different states. Some copies without gathering * (Privilege)<br>
Different states. Some copies with different type in gathering E</blockquote>
<blockquote>'''''Corrections by the printer'''''<br>
1675 corrected from 1765 by pasting over</blockquote>
<blockquote>'''''Distinction between different impressions or states'''''<br>
Some copies with portrait of the author on f. +2 recto, instead of list of 'Hooft-schepenen vanden Lande van VVaes'<br>
Dedicated by Thielmans to I.A.C., 14 August 1628<br>
Dedicated by Thielmans to Ioanna de Brvyn, 20 May 1628</blockquote>
<blockquote>'''''Presence of printed covers'''''<br>
Printed covers</blockquote>
In the case of single-sheet prints, indicating where the information was derived from seems to be superfluous. Given the limited scope of the document, the STCV user should not have any problems tracking down the correct location. For single-sheet items only printed on one side, a specific note is given containing the dimensions of the type page. These data may be valuable in identifying different editions of a specific text. The note has the following fixed form:
<blockquote>Single-page print; type area A x B mm</blockquote>
in which A is the vertical distance between the top and bottom most point of the type page (the height), expressed in millimetres, and B the horizontal distance in mm between the most left and most right point of the type page (the width). The STCV cataloguer measures both distances as precisely as possible.