'condensed' bibliography for Encyclopedia references, but detailed citations?

Question

So, I've been eyeballing this answer but it doesn't quite get what I'm wanting. I'd like to get

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 2, “Babylonia and Assyria,” p. 849

in the footnote/endnote from \autocite[849]{britannica:babyloniaandassyria} and so on for other articles in other volumes and pages but only have

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., Chicago, 1943, 175th Anniversary Edition

in the final \printbibliography output.

So, specific details in the citation itself, but just the whole encyclopaedia in the bibliography. Is this possible without an extreme amount of fnagling?

Current bib file snippet.

\documentclass[english,oneside,openany]{book}
\usepackage[citestyle=authortitle-ibid,backend=biber,ibidpage=false]{biblatex}
\usepackage{showframe}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@mvreference{encyclopaedia:britannica,
    address = {Chicago},
    author = {{Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.}},
    edition = {175th Anniversary Edition},
    options = {useeditor=false},
    title = {Encyclopaedia Britannica},
    volumes = {24},
    year = {1943}
}
@inreference{britannica:babyloniaandassyria,
    crossref = {encyclopaedia:britannica},
    title = {Babylonia and Assyria},
    volume = {2},
}
@inreference{britannica:david,
    crossref = {encyclopaedia:britannica},
    title = {David},
    volume = {7},
}
\end{filecontents}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
\DeclareFieldFormat[inreference]{citetitle}{\mkbibquote{#1\isdot}}
\DeclareFieldFormat[inreference]{title}{\mkbibquote{#1\isdot}}
\begin{document}
\autocite[849]{britannica:babyloniaandassyria}
\autocite[75]{britannica:david}

\printbibliography


\end{document}

Results in:

A solution here will depend on the bibliography and citation style you are using. Please share a small example document with us that reproduces your bibliography and citation setup. That way we're all on the same page. — moewe, Mar 23 '23 at 07:33
as in, the latex behind it? its pretty much exactly the same as the linked question but sure, I'll post a bit. — hanetzer, Mar 23 '23 at 10:00

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 25 '23 at 09:49

You can declare a source map and use the options skipbib and skiplab for the entries with crossref equal to encyclopaedia:britannica.

From BibLaTeX manual:

skipbib=true, false default: false If this option is enabled, the entry is excluded from the bibliography but it may still be cited. This option is also settable on a per-type basis.

skiplab=true, false default: false If this option is enabled, biblatex will not assign any labels to the entry. It is not required for normal operation. Use it with care. If enabled, biblatex can not guarantee unique citations for the respective entry and citations styles which require labels may fail to create valid citations for the entry. This option is also settable on a per-type basis.

\documentclass[english,oneside,openany]{book}
\usepackage[citestyle=authortitle-ibid,backend=biber,ibidpage=false]{biblatex}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@mvreference{encyclopaedia:britannica,
    address = {Chicago},
    author = {{Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.}},
    edition = {175th Anniversary Edition},
    options = {useeditor=false},
    title = {Encyclopaedia Britannica},
    volumes = {24},
    year = {1943}
}
@inreference{britannica:babyloniaandassyria,
    crossref = {encyclopaedia:britannica},
    title = {Babylonia and Assyria},
    volume = {2},
    options      = {skipbib}
}
@inreference{britannica:david,
    crossref = {encyclopaedia:britannica},
    title = {David},
    volume = {7},
    options      = {skipbib}
}
\end{filecontents}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
\DeclareFieldFormat[inreference]{citetitle}{\mkbibquote{#1\isdot}}
\DeclareFieldFormat[inreference]{title}{\mkbibquote{#1\isdot}}
\DeclareSourcemap{
  \maps{
    \map{ 
      \step[fieldsource=crossref,
        match={encyclopaedia:britannica},
        fieldset=options,
        fieldvalue={skipbib,skiplab}]
    }
  }
}
\begin{document}
    \autocite[849]{britannica:babyloniaandassyria}
    \autocite[75]{britannica:david}
\printbibliography

\end{document}

Very good, but a small other nit. Doable to have instead of 'Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.' simply 'Encyclopedia Britannica', along with \emph-asis? — hanetzer, Apr 05 '23 at 07:49
@hanetzer try with author = {{\textit{Encyclopedia Britannica}}} in the reference encyclopaedia:britannica. — CarLaTeX, Apr 05 '23 at 12:01

'condensed' bibliography for Encyclopedia references, but detailed citations?

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