BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ Cite single volume in a multi-volume work

[Yeats]

Anyone knows how to cite single volume in a multi-volume work without having multiple entries in bibliography file?

What i mean is this:

1. I have some encyclopedias that all share the same name and have more than one volume.

2. I would like to cite them so that Bibtex adds Vol.1 or Vol.2 depending on what i use at the moment.

3. At Bibliography at the end it should produce only one entry like for example:
Author, Book Name, Vol.1-7

[phi]

You can add additional remarks to the citations with \cite[Vol.~1]{key}. Using the plain style this appears as [2, Vol. 1]. Perhaps that is already sufficient.

[Yeats]

You can add additional remarks to the citations with \cite[Vol.~1]{key}. Using the plain style this appears as [2, Vol. 1]. Perhaps that is already sufficient.

No, that would produce cite that looks like this:

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Volume, Author, Book Title, Page.

which is incorrect. It should be

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Author, Book Title, Volume, Page

plus if I use first bracket for "compare" (Vergleich. = Vgl.) which is in my language standard when ever you are citing something that is not literal citation than I cant use that first bracket for volume.
Example:
\cite[Vgl.][134]{key}

[frabjous]

I don't think phi meant in the first brackets, but in the same brackets with the page number. In the style you're using, What does:

\cite[Vgl.][Vol.2, 134]{key}

produce? Anything useable?

[Yeats]

I don't think phi meant in the first brackets, but in the same brackets with the page number. In the style you're using, What does:

\cite[Vgl.][Vol.2, 134]{key}

produce? Anything useable?

Nope doesnt work sorry

It produces this:

Vgl. AUTHOR: Bookname Page [Year], P. Vol.1, 72.