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medium octavo — a size of book, about 6 × 91/2 in. (15 × 24 cm), untrimmed. Abbr.: medium 8vo … Useful english dictionary
octavo — n. book size: ♦ foolscap octavo, 6 3/ 4 x 4 1/ 4 in; ♦ crown octavo, 7 1/ 2 x 5 in; ♦ large ♦ crown octavo, 8 x 5 1/ 4 in; ♦ demy octavo, 8 3/ 4 x 5 5/ 8 in; ♦ medium octavo, 9 1/ 2 x 6 in; ♦ royal octavo, 10 x 6 1/ 4 in; … Dictionary of difficult words
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Folio Society — The Folio Society is a publisher of fine books based in London.HistoryThe Folio Society was conceived by Charles Ede, who had been inspired by private press publishers, including Golden Cockerel Press and Nonesuch Press. Indeed, Ede persuaded… … Wikipedia
quarto — Synonyms and related words: crown, duodecimo, eighteenmo, farthing, folio, fourth, fourth part, imperial, medium, octavo, octodecimo, one fourth, quart, quarter, quartern, royal, sextodecimo, sixteenmo, super, twelvemo, twenty five cents, twenty… … Moby Thesaurus
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