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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—O

Octavo

A book where each sheet of paper is folded into eight leaves; contracted thus- Svo. (Italian, un' ottavo; French, in octavo; Latin, octo, eight.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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