duodecimo
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duodecimos
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Also called twelvemo. a book size of about 5 × 7½ inches (13 × 19 centimeters), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 12 leaves or 24 pages. 12 mo, 12°
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a book of this size.
adjective
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Also called: twelvemo. Often written: 12mo, 12°. a book size resulting from folding a sheet of paper into twelve leaves
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a book of this size
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of duodecimo
First recorded in 1650–60; short for Latin in duodecimō “in twelfth”
Example Sentences
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Fleurieu refers to the Famous Voyage as printed in duodecimo, in London, in the year 1600.
From The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery by Travers Twiss
Were I home and in my library the downturned leaf of the duodecimo biography in the left corner of the first shelf would tell it you at a glance.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various
He now brought with him a duodecimo volume, which he said was a translation into English of the "Golden Bible."
From Gleanings by the Way by John A. Clark
The well-known school book publishers of Philadelphia, Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Co., have just published a large duodecimo of five hundred and fifty-eight pages.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various
The account published by Wafer, excepting what relates to the Isthmus of Darien, consists of short notices set down from recollection, and occupying in the whole not above fifty duodecimo pages.
From History of the Buccaneers of America by James Burney
"Great men have been among us—better none;" and can it be said that now there is "a want of books and men," or that those we have are mere dwarfs and duodecimos?
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson
The volumes are duodecimos of about 250 pages each, illustrated by maps and plans prepared under the direction of the authors.
From The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
I am not a library rat, and have not studied the world in duodecimos.
From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels by Julian Hawthorne
In describing the sale of his books in 1775 Dibdin almost lost himself in ecstasies over the magnificent folios, and the shining duodecimos 'printed on vellum and embossed with knobs of gold.'
From The Great Book-Collectors by Charles Isaac Elton
Then the two children step forward with bow and curtsey to receive their tiny gilt prizes from a pile of duodecimos upon the teacher’s desk.
From Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book by Rosalie Vrylina Halsey
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