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QUARTO |
Book size |
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OCTAVO |
Common size of a book page |
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DECIMOSEXTO |
Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; as, a decimosexto
form, book, leaf, size. |
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DUODECIMO |
Having twelve leaves to a sheet; as, a duodecimo from,
book, leaf, size, etc. |
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OCTODECIMO |
Having eighteen leaves to a sheet; as, an octodecimo
form, book, leaf, size, etc. |
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TWENTY-FOURMO |
Having twenty-four leaves to a sheet; as, a
twenty-fourmo form, book, leaf, size, etc. |
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VIGESIMO-QUARTO |
Having twenty-four leaves to a sheet; as, a
vigesimo-quarto form, book, leaf, size, etc. |
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TRIGESIMO-SECUNDO |
Having thirty-two leaves to a sheet; as, a
trigesimo-secundo form, book, leaf, size, etc. |
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DEMY |
Pertaining to, or made of, the size of paper called demy; as,
a demy book. |
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SEXTODECIMO |
A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into
sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a
book; -- usually written 16mo, or 16¡. |
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DUMMY |
...paper copy used to show the size of
the future book, etc. ... |