octavo

• Buchformat, das durch dreimaliges Falten eines Bogens Papier entsteht und acht Blätter ergibt; auch ein Buch in diesem Format.

A noun referring to a book size determined by folding a sheet of paper three times to create eight leaves, or a book of this size.

1. C2formal

   A book size resulting from folding a standard sheet of paper three times to create eight leaves (16 pages).

   Oktavformat

   • The rare edition was printed in octavo format.
   • Many 19th-century novels were published as octavos.
   • The library's collection includes several octavo volumes.