Octavo (abbreviated 8vo or 8°) is a technical term describing the format of a book, which refers to the size of leaves produced from folding a full sheet of paper on which multiple pages of text were printed to form the individual sections (or gatherings) of a book. An octavo is a book or pamphlet made up of one or more full sheets of paper on which 16 pages of text were printed, which were then folded three times to produce eight leaves.

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  • Octavo (abbreviated 8vo or 8°) is a technical term describing the format of a book, which refers to the size of leaves produced from folding a full sheet of paper on which multiple pages of text were printed to form the individual sections (or gatherings) of a book. An octavo is a book or pamphlet made up of one or more full sheets of paper on which 16 pages of text were printed, which were then folded three times to produce eight leaves. Each leaf of an octavo book thus represents one eighth the size of the original sheet. Other common book formats are folios and quartos. Octavo is also used as a general description of size of books that are about 8 to 10 inches tall, and as such does not necessarily indicate the actual printing format of the books, which may even be unknown as is the case for many modern books. These terms are discussed in greater detail in Book sizes.
  • L’in-octavo, également noté in-8° et parfois prononcé in-huit, est une forme de livre où la feuille imprimée a été pliée trois fois, donnant ainsi huit feuillets, soit seize pages. L'in-octavo est plus ou moins grand, selon l'étendue de la feuille. Au XVII siècle et au XVIII siècle, les in-octavo ont un format voisin du format A5 actuel (c'est-à-dire la moitié de la surface d'une feuille de papier A4 format français du papier à lettre).
  • Per In ottavo (anche in 8°) si intendeva un formato dei libri antichi. Il formato "ottavo" si otteneva piegando tre volte un foglio intero. Una prima piegatura si effettuava lungo il lato minore, una seconda lungo il lato maggiore ed infine una terza di nuovo lungo il lato minore. I filoni erano verticali, mentre la filigrana era situata sul lato superiore di una carta, vicino alla cucitura.
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  • Octavo (abbreviated 8vo or 8°) is a technical term describing the format of a book, which refers to the size of leaves produced from folding a full sheet of paper on which multiple pages of text were printed to form the individual sections (or gatherings) of a book. An octavo is a book or pamphlet made up of one or more full sheets of paper on which 16 pages of text were printed, which were then folded three times to produce eight leaves.
  • L’in-octavo, également noté in-8° et parfois prononcé in-huit, est une forme de livre où la feuille imprimée a été pliée trois fois, donnant ainsi huit feuillets, soit seize pages. L'in-octavo est plus ou moins grand, selon l'étendue de la feuille. Au XVII siècle et au XVIII siècle, les in-octavo ont un format voisin du format A5 actuel (c'est-à-dire la moitié de la surface d'une feuille de papier A4 format français du papier à lettre).
  • Per In ottavo (anche in 8°) si intendeva un formato dei libri antichi. Il formato "ottavo" si otteneva piegando tre volte un foglio intero. Una prima piegatura si effettuava lungo il lato minore, una seconda lungo il lato maggiore ed infine una terza di nuovo lungo il lato minore. I filoni erano verticali, mentre la filigrana era situata sul lato superiore di una carta, vicino alla cucitura.
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