crown octavo
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One thousand copies of this crown octavo catalogue of 94 pages p. 66were printed.
From Three Centuries of a City Library an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Norwich Public Library Established in 1608 and the present Public Library opened in 1857 by Stephen, Geo. A. (George Arthur)
This work was a good sized thick crown octavo, filling five hundred closely and well-printed pages; and of which the price was fifty sous!
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
The book contains xi+116+3 pages of Music Figures, crown octavo, bound in dark unlettered cloth.
From Johann Sebastian Bach by Forkel, Johann Nikolaus
Now complete in seven handsome crown octavo volumes.
From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown
The volume from which this edition is printed consists of one hundred pages in crown octavo, with a very rude cut of Ruth and Boaz.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John
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