eightvo

• Format de livre ou de page obtenu par pliage d'une feuille en trois fois pour former huit feuillets, soit seize pages. Désigne aussi le format de livre correspondant à cette dimension.

A noun referring to the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves.

1. C2formal

   A book size resulting from folding a standard sheet of paper three times, creating eight leaves or sixteen pages.

   in-octavo

   • The rare edition was printed in eightvo format.
   • Collectors often seek books in the eightvo size.
   • The library catalog listed the volume as eightvo.

   Synonymesoctavo