Octavo (Noun)
Meaning
The size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The old book was printed in octavo format, with each sheet of paper folded three times to create eight leaves.
- She delicately handled the rare octavo volume, careful not to damage its fragile pages.
- The printer carefully set the type to ensure that the octavo edition of the novel would fit the required page count.
- In the library's rare book room, a shelf was dedicated to displaying valuable octavo volumes from the 18th century.
- The collector was thrilled to find a rare octavo edition of the famous author's first novel at the antique bookstore.