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

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form of
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Lat. in octavo, •" in an eighth, i.e. of a
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sheet of
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paper, a
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term applied to a
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size of paper and to a size of a printed
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volume . Paper is in octavo when a whole single sheet is folded three times to form eight leaves; a
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book is technically termed of " octavo " size when made up of sheets folded three times (see BIBLIOGRAPHY and PAPER) .

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