Meaning & use
octavo
A book size made by folding a printing sheet into eight leaves, or a book of that size.
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The rare bookshop displayed a first-edition octavo bound in worn leather.
Printers favored the octavo format for novels because it was compact and affordable.
A note on using this word
Octavo is one of several traditional paper-fold sizes, alongside the larger folio and quarto formats.
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