octavos
- plural of octavo.
Example Sentences
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Nineteen-twentieths of the books in circulation are octavos and smaller volumes.
From The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books by Humphreys, Arthur Lee
Hinds pushed up some hundred and fifty miles from the Gulf coast, and thought this feat one which deserved two octavos of commemoration.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 by Various
At the beginning of the century Aldus had been justly annoyed at the clever counterfeits of his italic octavos which were put on the market at Lyon.
From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)
Nevertheless, the popularity which he gained for the small octavos which he introduced in 1501 was an important factor in the development of book-illustration in the sixteenth century.
From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)
Professor of Physiology in the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. Two royal octavos of about 600 pages each, illustrated.
From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)
