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.”