octavo
IPA: ˈɑktɪvoʊ
noun
- (paper, printing) A sheet of paper 7 to 10 inches (= 17.78 to 25.4 cm) high and 4.5 to 6 inches (= 11.43 to 15.24 cm) wide, the size varying with the large original sheet used to create it. It is made by folding the original sheet three times to produce eight leaves.
- (printing) A book of octavo pages.
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Examples of "octavo" in Sentences
- Copper coins were to be the cuarto and octavo.
- The book consists of fewer than 300 octavo pages.
- His likeness is etched on the cover of the Octavo.
- Bentley published it in two octavo volumes in February 1838.
- It was followed by twelve octavo editions between 1808 and 1825.
- As a result, Aldus became closely associated with the octavo format.
- This compendium in octavo appeared in 2 volumes with a copious index.
- An octavo edition of Humboldt's principal works was published in Paris.
- All the early editions of 'The Passionate Pilgrim' are in octavo format.
- Unusually, the masque was reprinted in a separate octavo edition in 1756.