octavo
Three-fold sheet size
Octavo is a book size created by folding a standard printer's sheet three times, producing eight leaves or sixteen pages.
It was historically the most common format for novels and general books, compact enough to hold comfortably.
The term now loosely describes any book roughly six by nine inches.
Abbreviated 8vo.
Tanned animal skin
- hardcoverRigid-bound book format
- spineColumn of vertebrae
- sewingCraft with needle and thread
- stitchingJoining with needle, thread
signature · gathering · endpapers · casing · cloth · boards · gilt · tooling
Single-fold page format
- quartoFour-leaf printing format
- duodecimoBook format, twelve leaves
- signatureHandwritten name for verification
- leafPlant's photosynthetic organ
sheet · page · recto · verso · crown · royal · medium · foolscap
Seldom found or seen
- incunabulumEarly printed book
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
codex · illuminated · palimpsest · provenance · bookplate · marginalia · foxing · inscribed
Sequential numbering of sheets
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
- marginEdge of a page
- gutterEdge channel for runoff
- headerTop line of document
footer · typeface · font · chapter · section · endpaper · frontispiece · colophon
Arranging text for print
- typographyArranging letters for display
- letterpressPrinting from raised surfaces
- impositionUnfair demand on someone
- pressworkPrinted matter collectively
printing · impression · edition · issue · state · variant · woodcut · engraving
Seldom found or seen
- vintageQuality from past eras
- autographedBearing someone's signature
- signedWrote one's name on
- numberedAssigned figures for order
leather
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stitching · signature · gathering · endpapers · casing · cloth · boards · gilt · tooling · headband
folio
Single-fold page format
- quartoFour-leaf printing format
- duodecimoBook format, twelve leaves
- signatureHandwritten name for verification
leaf · sheet · page · recto · verso · crown · royal · medium · foolscap · imperial
rare
Seldom found or seen
- incunabulumEarly printed book
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
manuscript · codex · illuminated · palimpsest · provenance · bookplate · marginalia · foxing · inscribed · collation
pagination
Sequential numbering of sheets
header · footer · typeface · font · chapter · section · endpaper · frontispiece · colophon · imposition
typesetting
Arranging text for print
- typographyArranging letters for display
- letterpressPrinting from raised surfaces
- impositionUnfair demand on someone
presswork · printing · impression · edition · issue · state · variant · woodcut · engraving · illustration
rare
Seldom found or seen
- vintageQuality from past eras
- autographedBearing someone's signature
- signedWrote one's name on
numbered · slipcased · bibliophile · desiderata · auction
editor
One who revises text
proofs · preface · foreword · epilogue · prologue · frontmatter · backmatter · appendix · index · bibliography
octavofolio
Single-fold page format
quarto · duodecimo · broadside · miniature book · pocket edition
- regular octagonEight congruent sides and angles