TURNBULL AND SPEARS, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH.
A LIST OF
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER, & CO.’S
PUBLICATIONS.
SIZES OF BOOKS.
A book is folio (fol.); quarto (4to.); octavo (8vo.); twelve mo (12mo.); sixteen mo (16mo.); eighteen mo (18mo.); 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 following are approximate outside measurements in inches of the more common sizes.
| height breadth | ||
| 32mo. = | royal 32mo. | 5¼ x 3¾ |
| 16mo. = | demy 16mo. | 5½ x 4½ |
| 18mo. = | royal 18mo. | 6 x 4½ |
| fcp. = | fcp. 8vo. | 6¾ x 4½ |
| cr.={ | demy 12mo. small crown crown 8vo. large crown | 7¼ x 4½ 7¼ x 5 7½ x 5 8¼ x 5½ |
| P-8vo. = post 8vo. | 8 x 5¼ | |
| LP-8vo. = large post 8vo. | 8½ x 6 | |
| 8vo. = demy 8vo. | 9 x 6 | |
| M-8vo. = medium 8vo. | 9½ x 6 | |
| SR-8vo = super-royal 8 vo. | 10 x 6½ | |
| IMP-8vo. = imperial 8vo. | 12 x 8½ |
Printed and folded in the reverse way—the breadth being greater than the height—the size is described as “oblong” 8vo., “oblong” 4to. &c.
Paternoster House,
Charing Cross Road,
August 21, 1893.