APPENDIX B.
Library Association of the United Kingdom.
Committee on Size-notation.
TABLE OF SIZES OF BOOKS.
| Notation. | Height in Inches. | Width. | Leaves to Signature. | Wire line in laid or hand made Papers. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folio. | ||||||
| Atlas fᵒ | (1) | Circa 30 | } ⅔ to ¾ { | In twos, fours, sixes and eights. | Perpendicular | |
| La. fᵒ or { | Imp. fᵒ | (5) | 21½-23 | |||
| Roy. fᵒ | (5) | 18½-21 | ||||
| Fᵒ | (2) | 13½-18 | ||||
| Sm. fᵒ | (3, 4) | 8½-13 | ||||
| Quarto. | ||||||
| La. 4ᵒ or { | Imp. 4ᵒ | (5) | 13½-16 | } ⅘ { | In fours, sixes and eights. | Horizontal |
| Roy. 4ᵒ | (5) | 11½-13 | ||||
| 4ᵒ | (2) | 9½-11 | ||||
| Sm. 4ᵒ | (3) | 7½-9 | ||||
| Octavo et infra. | ||||||
| La. 8ᵒ or { | Imp. 8ᵒ | (5) | 10½-11 | } ⅔ to ¾ { | In eights, and som’t’mes fours. | Perpendicular |
| Roy. 8ᵒ | (5) | 9½-10 | ||||
| 8ᵒ | (2) | 8-9 | ” | In eights | Perpendicular | |
| Sm. 8ᵒ | (3) | 6½-7½ | ” | In eights | Perpendicular | |
| 12ᵒ | ” | ” | In sixes and twelves | Horizontal | ||
| 16ᵒ | (6) | } 5½-6 { | ⅔ to ⅘ | In eights & sixteens | Horizontal & Perpendicular | |
| 18ᵒ | ⅔ to ¾ | In sixes, twelves and eighteens | Horizontal | |||
| 24ᵒ | } 4-5 { | ” | In sixes and twelves | Perpendicular | ||
| 32ᵒ | ” | In eights and sixteens | Perpendicular | |||
| 48ᵒ or mᵒ | (7) | under 4 | ” | |||
1. Including “elephant,” “columbia,” &c.
2. Including “medium,” “demy” and “crown.”
3. Including “copy,” “post,” “foolscap” and “pot.”
4. Of preceding centuries.
5. Of this century.
6. Including sq. 16ᵒ, and all books of this size, in eights.
7. Including 48ᵒ, 64ᵒ, &c. “Minimo” for the smallest books.