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However, demand was fully re-established in the decade 1600-1609, and not just for the new more complex commentaries such as that of Clavius, published in fat quartos, but also for cheap octavo editions.

“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?”

These books were produced in a handy, pocket-sized octavo format that is still a standard today.

The Hollywood Reporter cover isn’t about getting together an octavo of actresses for a girl talk.

Of the octavo de finals, this one is the biggest mismatch on paper.