BASIC SIZES OF BOOKS

The following list gives the size of leaf to which the various standard

names and proportions naturally fold:

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No. pp. | Size of | Name | Size of leaf

to form | sheet | |

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32 | 19 × 25 |Thirty-two mo (32mo) | 3⅛ × 4¾

32 | 22 × 29 |Twenty-four mo (24mo)| 3⅝ × 5½

32 | 24 × 32 |Eighteen mo (18mo) | 4 × 6

32 | 27 × 34 |Sixteen mo (16mo) | 4½ × 6¾

32 | 30½ × 41|Duodecimo (12mo) | 5⅛ × 7⅝

32 | 33 × 44 |Decimo (10mo) | 5½ × 8¼

16 | 24 × 36 |Octavo (8vo) | 6 × 9

4 | 18 × 24 |Quarto (4to) | 9 × 12

2 | 18 × 24 |Folio |12 × 18

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The Author's Desk Book Being a Reference Volume upon Questions of the Relations of the Author to the Publisher, Copyright, The Relation of the Contributor to the Magazine, Mechanics of the Book, Arrangement of the Book, Making of the Index, Etc. · 第 75 / 97 题