duodecimos
- plural of duodecimo.
Example Sentences
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The result of both intentions has been a collection of dingy or faded duodecimos containing a series of impressions of what each generation thought good, religiously, morally, and educationally, for little folk.
From Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book by Halsey, Rosalie Vrylina
The volumes of the series will be duodecimos of about 250 pages each, illustrated by maps and plans prepared under the direction of the authors.
From Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI by Doubleday, Abner
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 Hawthorne, Julian
The books were ponderous folios, stout duodecimos encased in embossed leather, and among them was a folio containing Master William Shakespeare’s dramas, collected by his fellow actors Heminge and Condell.
From Erskine Dale?Pioneer by Fox, John
I counted eleven perpendicular divisions; and, from the small distances between the upper shelves, there must have been a very considerable number of duodecimos.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
