SIZES OF BOOKS. 



A book is folio (fol.); quarto (4to.) ; octavo (8vo.) ; twelve mo (i2mo. ) ; sixteenmo 

 (l6mo.) ; eighteen mo (i8mo.); thirty-two mo (32mo.), &c, according to the number of 

 leaves or foldings of a printed sheet, whether the sheet be foolscap, crown, demy, medium, 

 royal, super-royal, or imperial, and irrespective of the thickness of the volume. The follow- 

 ing are approximate outside measurements in inches of the more common sizes. 



height breadth height 



32mo. = royal 32mo 5^ x 3| p-8vo. =post 8vo. 8 



l6mo. =demy i6mo 5^ x 4^ LP-8vo. =large post 8vo. ... 8| 



l8mo. = royal i8mo 6 x 4^ ; 8vo. =demy 8vo. 9 



M-8vo. = medium 8vo 9| 



SR-8vo. = super-royal 8vo. ...10 

 imp-8vo. = imperial 8vo 12 



breadth 



5* 



6 



6 



6 



6* 



fcp. =fcp. 8vo 6f x a\ 



idemy i2mo 7J x 4^ 



small crown 8vo l\ x 5 



crown 8vo 7 J x 5 J 



large crown 8vo 8 \ x 5§ 



Printed and folded in the reverse way — the breadth being greater than the height — the 

 size is described as " oblong" 8vo., "oblong " 4to. &c, 



