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crown octavo

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noun

  1. a size of book, about 5 × 7½ inches (13 × 19 centimeters), untrimmed. crown 8vo


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Each volume will contain at least 320 crown octavo pages, illustrated according to the requirements of the subject-matter, by from 30 to 100 illustrations, and will be strongly bound in ornamental cloth boards.

From Notes and Queries, Number 75, April 5, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

The volumes will be printed in a handsome crown octavo form, and will sell for about $1.50 each.

From Is Life Worth Living? by Mallock, W. H. (William Hurrell)

Now complete in seven handsome crown octavo volumes.

From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown

V. was issued in post and in crown octavo.

From The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley

It forms a crown octavo volume of two hundred and thirty-eight pages, and was published by Mr. Charles Knight.

From Harriet Martineau by Miller, Florence Fenwick

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