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octavo
[ ok-tey-voh, -tah- ]
noun
- a book size of about 6 脳 9 inches (16 脳 23 centimeters), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 8 leaves or 16 pages. : 8vo, 8掳
- a book of this size.
adjective
- in octavo.
octavo
/ 蓲办藞迟别瑟惫蓹蕣 /
noun
- Also calledeightvo a book size resulting from folding a sheet of paper of a specified size to form eight leaves Often written8vo8掳
demi-octavo
- a book of this size
- (formerly) a size of cut paper 8 inches by 5 inches (20.3 cm by 12.7 cm)
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of octavo1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of octavo1
Example Sentences
However, demand was fully re-established in the decade 1600-1609, and not just for the new more complex commentaries such as that of Clavius, published in fat quartos, but also for cheap octavo editions.
鈥淲ho, indeed, but a woman,鈥 wrote one reviewer, 鈥渃ould have ventured, with the smallest prospect of success, to fill three octavo volumes with the history of a woman鈥檚 heart?鈥
These books were produced in a handy, pocket-sized octavo format that is still a standard today.
The聽Hollywood Reporter聽cover isn鈥檛 about getting together an octavo of actresses for a girl talk.
Of the octavo de finals, this one is the biggest mismatch on paper.
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