10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OCTODECIMO»
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octodecimo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Renaissance in Scotland: Studies in Literature, ...
It is very possible that this is the first book to have been printed in the octodecimo
format. That is to say that each sheet in the book had 18 leaves or 36 pages. The
format was relatively common in later centuries13 but has not, so far as I know, ...
A. Alasdair A. MacDonald, Michael Lynch, Ian Borthwick Cowan, 1994
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Typographia, Or The Printers' Instructor: Including an ...
Londini. 1553. Octodecimo. 2. The Diuersite of Courts. Londini. 1528.
Octodecimo. 3. Magna Carta. 1525. Jnparochia sancti Clementis sub intersignio
sancti Georgii. Duodecimo. 4. Natura Brevium. 1525. Octodecimo. 5. Natura
Brevium. 1525.
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Typographical Antiquities Or The History of Printing in ...
Octavo 242 Duodecimo 242 Duodecimo 241 Octodecimo 215 Octodecimo 215
Duodecimo 221 Octavo Octavo 243 Duodecimo 222 Octavo 242 Sextodecimo
235 Duodecimo 241 Duodecimo 219 Octavo 288 Octavo 238 Oetavo 246 Folio ...
Joseph Ames, William Herbert, Thomas Frognall Dibdin, 1816
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A descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the ...
Octodecimo. Had the condition of this beautiful little book been equal to its size, it
would have been a most covetable volume. It is printed upon vellum ; and, as I
strongly suspect, by Jenson. The illuminations have been much injured. A coeval
...
George John Spencer Spencer (Earl), Thomas Frognall Dibdin, Luigi? Serra (duca di Cassano.), 1823
1 sheet of paper folded into 18 leaves is an octodecimo, 18mo. Observe the
denominations— Folio, fol. ; quarto, Ato. ; octavo, Bvo. ; duodecimo, l2mo. ;
octodecimo, 18ww. Whoever with a book ongagos, Well knows each leaf will
count 2 ...
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Bibliotheca Spenceriana, or a descriptive catalogue of the ...
Octodecimo. Had the condition of this beautiful little book been equal to its size, it
would have been a most covetable volume. It is printed uron vsLLuu ; and, as I
strongly suspect, by Jenson. The illuminations have been much injured. A coeval
...
Thomas Frognall Dibdin, 1823
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Bibliotheca Spenceriana: or, A descriptive catalogue of the ...
1303. Hor^: Beat. Virg. sec. Rom. Cur. Gr. Printed. by. Aldus. 1497-. Octodecimo.
It is not perhaps too much to affirm, that the present is the rarest Aldine volUiME
which exists. Upon the continent I know ...
George John Spencer Spencer (Earl), Thomas Frognall Dibdin, Luigi? Serra (duca di Cassano.), 1822
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Aedes Althorpianae; or an account of the mansion, books, and ...
It is a large and sound copy : and has been recently bound in russia. 1303. HoriE.
Beat. Virg. sec. Rom. Cur. Gr. Printed. by. Aldus. 1497. Octodecimo. It is not
perhaps too much to affirm, that the present is the rarest Aldine volume which
exists ...
George John Spencer Spencer (Earl), Thomas Frognall Dibdin, London Shakspeare Press, 1822
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Printed in the ...
Octodecimo. Had the condition of this beautiful little book been equal to its size, it
would have been a. most covetable volume. It is printed UPON vsnwu; and, as I
strongly suspect, by Jenson. The illuminations have been much injured. A coeval
...
George John Spencer, 1823
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The table-book and mental systematic arithmetic for beginners
area Octodecimo (18mo.). A. folio is when 1 sheet makes two leaves, or 4 pages.
A quarto is when 1 sheet makes four leaves, or 8 pages. An octavo is when 1
sheet makes eight leaves, or 16 pages. A duodecimo is when 1 sheet makes 12 ...
David Henry Cruttenden, 1854
