octavo
Example Sentences
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“Who, indeed, but a woman,” wrote one reviewer, “could have ventured, with the smallest prospect of success, to fill three octavo volumes with the history of a woman’s heart?”
From The Guardian
These books were produced in a handy, pocket-sized octavo format that is still a standard today.
From New York Times
The Hollywood Reporter cover isn’t about getting together an octavo of actresses for a girl talk.
From Salon
Of the octavo de finals, this one is the biggest mismatch on paper.
From New York Times
Franz Kafka wrote in quarto-sized notebooks before trading down to octavo near the end of his life.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
