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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 993 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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OCTAVO , a shortened See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

Lat. in octavo, •" in an eighth, i.e. of a See also:

SHEET

sheet of See also:

paper, a See also:

TERM

term applied to a See also:

SIZE

size of paper and to a size of a printed See also:

VOLUME

volume . Paper is in octavo when a whole single sheet is folded three times to form eight leaves; a See also:

BOOK

book is technically termed of " octavo " size when made up of sheets folded three times (see BIBLIOGRAPHY and PAPER) .

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