| 单词 | octavo |
| 例句 | However, demand was fully re-established in the decade 1600-1609, and not just for the new more complex commentaries such as that of Clavius, published in fat quartos, but also for cheap octavo editions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z These books were produced in a handy, pocket-sized octavo format that is still a standard today. In Venice, the Power of the Press on Display 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Franz Kafka wrote in quarto-sized notebooks before trading down to octavo near the end of his life. Writers need 'a junkyard of the mind' 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z “Who, indeed, but a woman,” wrote one reviewer, “could have ventured, with the smallest prospect of success, to fill three octavo volumes with the history of a woman’s heart?” Why the prissy reaction to Ferrante being unmasked? | Catherine Bennett 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z Of the octavo de finals, this one is the biggest mismatch on paper. Germany vs. Algeria: World Cup 2014 Live Blog 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z When completed it will fill four portly volumes, imperial octavo; yet it is a work adapted more especially to family reading than to the use of the scholar in his closet. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The volume will comprise about 300 pages, octavo. Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War 2012-04-04T02:01:00.923Z In 1788, he wrote his life, which was published in an octavo volume, and was patronized by a long list of nobility. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z A sufficient number of wooden presses, pressing boards in folio, quarto, and octavo, with the screw key, as well as the press jack belonging thereto, must be conveniently placed. Practical Bookbinding 2012-04-02T02:00:23.047Z It is an octavo, rather slender, bound in red, which I have just taken from my library. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z A more complete and elaborate work upon this subject, however, has appeared in the shape of two post octavo volumes by Mr. F. Knight Hunt, entitled The Fourth Estate. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z The volume now ready comprises 350 pages octavo, with various diagrams and an index. Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War 2012-04-04T02:01:00.923Z He was afterwards vicar of Northop, where he resided for several years; he published several works, of which the principal are “Worthies of the World,” 1665, octavo; “Memories of Statesmen and Favourites of England,” octavo. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z An octavo should never be sewn on less than four cords, and a folio on six. Practical Bookbinding 2012-04-02T02:00:23.047Z All this might be comprised in an octavo volume of moderate extent. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 107, November 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-15T02:00:34.113Z The treatise, in the original, forms about two-thirds of the first volume of his great work, the whole of which extends to six large octavo volumes, of six or seven hundred pages each. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z The volume will comprise about 300 pages, octavo, and will be sold, bound in cloth, at $3; in law-sheep at $3.50; and at reduced rates to regular subscribers to the "Studies." Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War 2012-04-04T02:01:00.923Z His works were published in six volumes, octavo. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z These are gathered in volumes, octavo in size, with the publication date of each paper recorded in the table of contents in the volume. American Military Insignia 1800-1851 2012-02-04T03:00:18.780Z Smaller octavos are—post 8vo, 5��8� in.; demy 8vo, 5��8 in.; crown 8vo, 5�7� in.; cap 8vo, 4��7 in. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z This admirable work is a solid octavo of more than 400 pages. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z This volume, now ready, comprises 350 pages octavo, with various diagrams and an index. Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War 2012-04-04T02:01:00.923Z Charles prepared two editions of the Welsh Bible, one in duodecimo, published in 1806, and another in octavo, completed just before his death. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z Mr. Lyman published an octavo volume, on Italy, and compiled two useful volumes, on the Diplomacy of the United States with Foreign Nations. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Then, as always, his constant companions were Homer and Dante, and Literary work. it is recorded that he read the whole of St Augustine, in twenty-two octavo volumes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z THE Supplement is issued weekly; every number contains 16 octavo pages, with handsome cover, uniform in size with Scientific American. Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:29.743Z An octavo edition, similar in letterpress to the original quarto one, but with some slight omissions or differences in the text and in the general map, was published in Dublin in 1796. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z His works, which are of high Calvinistic principles, are very numerous, amounting to seven folio, twenty quarto, and thirty octavo volumes. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z At a quarter after nine, Mr. Carlile entered the Courts He was preceded by two friends, who placed on the table an immense pyramid of books, in folio, quarto, octavo, and duodecimo. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z When paper was altogether made by hand, the usual paper for books was called demy; and a sheet of demy produced sixteen octavo pages of a book. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z The annoyance is not great when the change is from a large quarto to an octavo, for the cost of binding an octavo is considerably less than that of a quarto. Library Bookbinding 2011-12-24T03:07:58.950Z A catalogue, which had been drawn up for Mr. Hope by Mr. Jacob Henry Burn, containing notices in detail of the various publications, was printed at the University Press, in 1865, in an octavo volume. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z He lived in retirement, and wrote a curious and valuable work, entitled “The History of the Gwydir family,” which was first printed in 1773, octavo. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z But these small octavos have just the look of promise; they are thin, too, as it would be; and what period more likely for it than that sixteenth century to which they so obviously belong? Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z A sheet of paper equal to four sheets of demy is now worked at the newspaper machine; and sixty-four pages of an octavo book might be so worked, if it were needful for cheapening production. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Many periodicals, for years published in a comfortable octavo size have been changed to a much larger size. Library Bookbinding 2011-12-24T03:07:58.950Z The issue of these lists was discontinued after the appearance of that for the years 1837 and 1838 jointly; except that in 1843 one for that year was printed in octavo. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z He published the New Testament in English, carefully collated with the Greek, two volumes, octavo. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z Although it has been roughly estimated by his friend Mr. Bryce that Lord Acton read on an average an octavo volume a day, as often as not in German, he was never a bookworm. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z The titles of the books, memoirs and miscellaneous papers written by him, accompanied by a few notes, fill a privately printed list of 56 octavo pages with 1162 entries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Although we have been unable to find a copy, this slightly confirms the possibility of an octavo edition of De Re Metallica of this date, as they were usually published together. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Besides the above-mentioned volumes, there are a large number of Holman's MSS. which are kept distinct, and which have been recently bound in fourteen folio volumes, eleven quarto, and five octavo. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z But his greatest effort as an author was a “Scriptural Dictionary,” four volumes, octavo. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z His daily consumption of a German octavo meant mastery of the book, with copious notes in a neat handwriting on slips of paper, which were always, like his books, at the disposal of his pupils. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z He was the author of a History of the Churches in Western New-York, published in a large octavo volume, about two years ago, and had just preached his half-century sermon. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z The Huntington copy of Divine Songs and Meditacions is a small octavo volume, measuring slightly larger than five by three inches. Divine Songs and Meditacions (1653) 2011-10-29T02:00:17.500Z There are altogether fifty-nine volumes in folio, forty-eight in quarto, and five in octavo, consisting chiefly of Willis' own collections for his various works, with much correspondence intermingled and a few older historical papers. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z It is on the eve of publication, and will be comprised in an octavo volume, in black letter. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z But the list of his anonymous articles fills more than twenty pages of an octavo volume, and their variety is quite as remarkable as their number. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z Among the recent publications at Halle, is a heavy octavo by Dr. J. H. Krause, on the History of Education, Instruction and Culture among the Greeks, Etruscans and Romans. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z For in the preface to his octavo, he tells us, that it is written for 'explaining terms of science.' Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z A new edition, 'with additions and amendments,' including the pictures in the Ashmolean Museum, was issued by him in 1762, in sixteen octavo pages. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z In 1795, Frederick Augustus Wolf published a modest octavo volume entitled "Prolegomena to Homer," from whose appearance is dated the beginning of a new era of historic criticism. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z In a letter of Jan. 25, 1805, to Jefferson, Paine speaks of his wish to publish his works, which will make, with his manuscripts, five octavo volumes of four hundred pages each. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z The first volume, a stout octavo, has been issued. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z In the title page of his octavo, we learn, that 'the words are deduced from their originals.' Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z It cost me seven shillings, and was a thick, bulky octavo, with a cut-and-come-again expression about it, which was anything but disagreeable to me, for I hate your flimsy publications. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z Its original conception was vastly extended in course of time, until what was at first meant to occupy only two octavo volumes ultimately spread over ten. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z The Information against Paine, covering forty-one pages, octavo, is a curiosity. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z It will be in two large octavo volumes. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z There is not room now left, to dissect every sentence in the preface to his octavo. Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z She came into the salon after the midday breakfast, her German octavo under her arm, and appealed to me for assistance in selecting a quiet corner. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z This was followed, in the year 1801, by a collection of Scottish Poems of the Sixteenth Century, in two octavo volumes. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 90, July 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-10-03T02:00:27.757Z His writings were collected together, and published in an octavo volume in 1716. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z Mlle. de Scud�ry herself, who had been received in the best company and who had formally combated the "Blue-stockingism" with admirable good sense, had not written thirty-two octavo volumes with impunity. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z In the preface to his octavo Dictionary, the Doctor affirms, that, 'by the labours of all his predecessors, not even the lowest expectation can be gratified.' Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z Through the open window I saw that accomplished woman seated under the lamp with her German octavo, while Mrs. Ruck, established empty-handed in an armchair near her, fairly glowered at her for fascination. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z The volume shall be printed in Roman type, with the ancient orthography and punctuation; and in two sizes—in royal octavo, and in demy octavo. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 90, July 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-10-03T02:00:27.757Z Few people will have the courage to invest in the whole of her score of volumes octavo. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z However, he set about it, and in 1754 produced Sir Charles Grandison, or as he had originally intended to call it, the Good Man, in six octavo volumes. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z He chews them through four tedious octavo pages. Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z Three or four volumes of any ordinary work of the octavo size and shape, may be had for a sum equivalent to two shillings. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z His enormous riches, pedigree, etc, 500 pages, post octavo, illustrated, price 7 shillings 6 pence.” World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Sixteen pages octavo, at three inches, at twenty-four lines each. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z We may quarrel with the vicar's five-and-twenty minutes, but we let Carlyle go on for twice as many years, and until he had filled thirty-four octavo volumes. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z In the title page to his octavo dictionary, we are informed, that the words are 'authorised by the names of the writers in whose works they are found.' Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z It forms a crown octavo volume of two hundred and thirty-eight pages, and was published by Mr. Charles Knight. Harriet Martineau 2011-08-05T02:00:51.493Z The first collection of Mr. Webster’s speeches in the Congress of the United States and on various public occasions was published in Boston, in one volume octavo, in 1830. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z The new Mount Vernon Edition, giving the complete Work in two handsome octavo volumes, fully illustrated with steel plates. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z The pages were bound into a thin octavo volume, bound luxuriously in Levant morocco, spangled with stars. My Recollections 2011-07-16T02:00:14.973Z The first edition now known to exist was published at Augsburg in 1531, a small octavo containing eighty-eight pages with ninety-seven emblems, and as many woodcuts. The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z This edition is published complete in Twenty-two large octavo volumes, in paper cover, as follows. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z Extracts.—Indicate any passages, amounting in all to five or six octavo pages, that, in the opinion of the author or her friends, may be taken as fair specimens of her style. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z It once belonged to Dr. Thomas Goad, and was very neatly, though incorrectly, written in octavo. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z At that rate he can copy five octavo volumes a month, and sixty in a year, but he must not rest an hour or lose a second. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z An octavo edition, which is now very rare, was also published in 1612. The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z Complete in one large octavo volume of Six Hundred pages, strongly bound, and printed on the finest paper. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z These works will fill several octavo volumes, and we regard them as among the most valuable relics of the Puritan age in New-England. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z See his works, two volumes octavo, collected and edited by George MacGregor in 1883. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Each large octavo, with from 8 to 12 colored illustrations. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z Note: The publications described in this number are octavo in size, unless otherwise mentioned. United States Government Publications, v. 8 Jan-Jun 1892 A Monthly Catalog 2011-06-22T02:00:25.153Z The Danish physicians published an account of their cases in a respectable octavo volume, containing numerous instances of alleged success. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Mr. Bartlett's Nile Boat, or Glimpses of the Land of Egypt, has been republished in a beautiful large octavo by the Harpers. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z This edition will be printed for Mr. Murray in four octavo volumes. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z Agricultural Chemistry,25 Animal Chemistry,25 Liebig's celebrated Letters on the Potato Disease, 25 Liebig's Complete Works on Chemistry, is also issued in one large octavo volume, bound in cloth. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z In freedom and gladness I come forth again; the winter and my craziness are over and clear joy dwells in every second, on every octavo page, in every drop of ink. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z The writings of Alfred are a model of the Anglo-Saxon style in its purest state; they have never been collected, but it is said they would form three octavo volumes; they consist chiefly of translations. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Some curious evidences of the activity prevailing in what are called the minor arts may be found in The Laboratory and School of Arts, a small octavo volume published in 1738. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature, by the Rev. Dr. Kitto, has been republished in a fine large octavo, with numerous illustrations by Gould, Kendall & Lincoln, of Boston. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z Complete in one large royal octavo volume of 1,234 pages. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z I should like it so much better in a little octavo with big woodcuts on every other page. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z The mother was shelling peas; the daughter, a girl of twelve years old perhaps, was sitting on the floor at her feet, with an octavo volume in her lap. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z In a beautiful pocket-book it embraces for the classes for whom it is designed the pith of two or three ordinary octavos. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z Mr. Levi Woodbury's Miscellaneous Writings, Addresses, and Judicial Opinions, will be published in four octavo volumes, by Little & Brown, of Boston. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z They want, like the metaphysician, to know everything from the beginning onward, very exactly, in royal octavo, without excessive brevity, and with some citata. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z The colouring has been done by hand from the designs, tinted by the artist, and the three illustrations from “Jerusalem” have been reduced from the original in folio to octavo. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z Brown paper, silk paper,—and one of Bagster's octavo Bibles with limp covers was revealed. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z In the aggregate his works would now make scarcely less than fifty octavo volumes. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z But of the Epistle to Halifax no separate edition is known, and it appears first in the octavo of 1710. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z Mr Hobhouse, in his Illustrations of Childe Harold626, says, that the whole lucubration, extending to nearly 300 pages of large octavo, is a grave and continued irony on the verbal criticisms of commentators. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z This letter, which occupies sixty-three printed octavo pages, was published in London, at the author's expense, and circulated throughout the county of Fife. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z It is in the corner stand in the breakfast room—two octavo volumes. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z It was brought out in a p. 260handsome octavo volume, and presented, upon the whole, a rather favourable specimen of Spanish typography. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z This system of criminal law is so concise as to be comprehended in less than one hundred octavo pages. A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their Prevention 2011-03-23T02:00:17.353Z The book is an octavo of three hundred and thirty pages, on very thick paper, handsomely bound and abundantly illustrated with maps and diagrams. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z He immediately began to bring out his "Birds of America" in seven octavo volumes, with the figures reduced and lithographed. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z Shelley wrote to Leigh Hunt on May 26, 1820, and enquired if he knew any bookseller who would publish an octavo volume, entitled a Philosophical View of Reform. The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z In the first year of its successor a great step was taken towards their modernization by the production of the first of the Aldine octavos, and the process went on very rapidly. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z In Scott’s collected edition of his works they fill seventeen octavo volumes. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z But he attacked the views of his master, as well as those of Sir Isaac Newton on gravitation, in a work which he published in twelve octavo volumes, entitled “Moses’s Principia.” The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z It was in 1597, only five years after the death of Montaigne, that Bacon published in a small octavo the first ten of his essays. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z The work of Mr. Stiles, which we have noticed elsewhere in this number of the International, we understand, will be published by the Harpers, in two large octavo volumes, about the first of May. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z Nevertheless, the popularity which he gained for the small octavos which he introduced in 1501 was an important factor in the development of book-illustration in the sixteenth century. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z The folio was making place on the shelves for the octavo. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z First octavo edition, with a portrait of the author, engraved title, eighteen plates, and eighty-seven woodcuts. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z First octavo edition. Thirty-nine portraits by Gardiner, Bocquet, and others, and one view. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:34.387Z One of two editions published in the same year, the other being octavo. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 3 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:32.387Z This is a much less pretentious book, the borders being decorative instead of pictorial, but it makes rather a pretty little octavo. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z The arrival of the octavo is said to have marked the enrolment of man as a reader, that of the novel the attachment of woman. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z First octavo edition, with the original covers inserted. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z The first English edition was printed in 1860 also, in three volumes, octavo, under the title "Transformation." A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:34.387Z One of two editions of the same date, the other being an octavo. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 3 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:32.387Z As soon as a printer had learnt to print two folio pages together, it became easy to print four quarto pages, or eight octavo pages, or sixteen sextodecimo pages. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z Indians lost their terrors, she and little Miss Prue fell asleep together, leaving the doctor still poring excitedly over the octavo of Professor Nincomb. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z Second issue of the first octavo edition, with the misprint "head," page 9, line 1, corrected to "hand." A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z He himself published in London in 1803 five octavo volumes of Memoirs, justificatory of his proceedings in that contest. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z It makes a royal octavo volume of one thousand and thirty-six double-column pages, clearly printed in nonpareil type. Comfort Found in Good Old Books 2011-01-31T03:00:11.907Z At the beginning of the century Aldus had been justly annoyed at the clever counterfeits of his italic octavos which were put on the market at Lyon. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z Gurlt in his great "History of Surgery" has taken some 400 pages of a large octavo volume, with the excerpts in rather small type, to tell the story of the surgery of Columbus' Century. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z First octavo edition, and first editions of all but the first two Cantos. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z The book contains xi+116+3 pages of Music Figures, crown octavo, bound in dark unlettered cloth. Johann Sebastian Bach 2011-01-26T03:00:27.060Z The Cambridge Edition, edited by W. Aldis Wright in nine octavo volumes, is the standard modern text. Comfort Found in Good Old Books 2011-01-31T03:00:11.907Z These productions were issued by Carpenter in a thin octavo, eked out with a vast deal of notes. Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z Her works on theology, Scripture and science make no less than six or eight large octavo volumes. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z In 1744 he wrote his powerful Life of Savage—forty-eight octavo pages at a sitting. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z The matter thus compressed would make between three and four octavo volumes of the size of Prescott's Histories, if printed in the style of those works. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z Quarto and octavo editions of the New Testament alone were published in the same year, 1539, as the original edition, and in the following year, 1540, the New Testament in duodecimo. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z I passed him a book from the untidy table, an ordinary two-inch-thick octavo volume in a cloth binding. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z This was in two volumes, octavo, from the press of Sancha, at Madrid,—the edition used in the preparation of these pages. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies Since yesterday morning she had longed to show him the blue octavo exercise-book, but had not had the courage to do so uninvited. The Undying Past His testimonials spoke in strong terms of his abilities and characteristics; they were a good deal more numerous and elaborate than is customary to-day, but Kennedy’s also made a fat volume of 150 octavo pages. Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine The correspondence of Mirabeau during the last three years of his life, and the complete history of his relations to the Court, is announced in Paris by Le Normant, in three octavo volumes. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 His political writings were collected and published in 1810 making two volumes octavo. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution I had made acquaintance with a pious printer, Andrew Cratander; he presented me with a Plautus, which he had printed in octavo. The Autobiography of Thomas Platter, a schoolmaster of the sixteenth century. The shorter names for book sizes are usually written out; folio, quarto, octavo. Abbreviations and Signs A Primer of Information about Abbreviations and Signs, with Classified Lists of Those in Most Common Use Wyndham's was a facsimile of the first edition of the "Pilgrim's Progress," a fattish octavo with the loveliest of wide margins, and the exact reproduction of the original engravings. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel His work will soon be published in a profusely illustrated octavo by Mr. Putnam. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 His “English Botany” is a work consisting of thirty-six octavo volumes, and contains 2592 figures of British plants. Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations Fuchs had two sets of blocks for his Herbal, one for the folio edition of 1542 and the other for the octavo edition of 1545. The Old English Herbals The Breviary is a small octavo in two volumes, the first of which appeared in 1509 and the other in 1510. The Story of Books M. de Genlis undertook the editorship of the works, which made a large octavo volume. Lives of Celebrated Women My real friends know that I harboured no envy, no sentiment of rivalry against them and their swamps of volumes in octavo. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Our limits have prevented us from giving more than brief glimpses of work which, if translated as a whole, would fill three or four comely post octavos. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 Nearly all that he wrote besides was in the form of letters, which would hardly average three octavo pages in length. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 The manuscript would have made an octavo volume, but—good, honest man that he was—in every single detail of his life that I knew about he turned out, on paper, a formidable liar. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel He held out the shabby octavo and, considering it again with heightened amazement, of a sudden I knew where I had seen it before. Where the Pavement Ends One of the most important London publications of the present season, Lectures on the History of France, by Sir James Stephen, is just issued by Harper and Brothers in one elegant octavo volume. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 The former can all be included in a thin duodecimo volume, and has been so printed; the latter, still unfinished, fills several ponderous octavo volumes. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. It is a small octavo volume of 120 parchment leaves, written throughout by Leo, “notary and sinner,” who finished his task on the 11th of June 1156. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" T. S. HUGHES, late Christian Advocate at Cambridge, will be printed from the corrected text of the third octavo edition, which was almost entirely rewritten. Notes and Queries, Number 228, March 11, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc From his own pocket, like a conjurer that draws a rabbit from a hat, and quite as astonishingly, he produced a shabby, black-bound octavo. Where the Pavement Ends Now complete in seven handsome crown octavo volumes. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments This narrative of the siege is so minute as to occupy one hundred and fifty closely-printed octavo pages, and gives a circumstantial account of the proceedings of each day. Hernando Cortez Makers of History It was a small thick octavo, on charta bombycina, and was probably kicked into the nearest corner as soon as I evacuated the monastery. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant The copyright of Pope's works belonged to different proprietors, and they at last agreed to print their respective shares in small octavo, that the several parts united might form a complete set. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition This octavo pamphlet of only a dozen pages contains a convenient artificial key for the rapid determination of seventy-five species of trees. Garden and Forest Weekly, Volume 1 No. 1, February 29, 1888 In one large octavo volume of over 650 double columned pages. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments I believe that there exist in Paris binders of sufficient skill to replace a cover “in octavo,” transposing it without injury to the volume and without leaving the least trace of this difficult operation. Book Repair and Restoration His works, consisting of narratives, are very numerous, and were published at Berlin, in fifteen volumes, and by Baudry, of Paris, in one volume, royal octavo. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors These letters appear in like manner at the end of the octavo after finis. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Also a fine edition in octavo, with illustrations. Eureka: A Prose Poem The latter alone covers two large octavo pages of small print. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" “I can get you a far better job than stitchin’ octavos at Brown’s. The Bartlett Mystery Without recurring to his earlier writings, he published in 1832 an octavo volume of five hundred and fifty-three pages, On Chemical Philosophy, on the basis of The Elements of Chemistry, by Doctor Reid, of Edinburgh. The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University One Watson, who assumed for the occasion the name of T. Johnson, printed a piratical edition of the new octavos. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition I want a refined octavo, not large—not larger than the Donkey book, at any price. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) But his best work will go into a very small compass: a single octavo sheet would very nearly hold it, and it was almost all written before he was thirty. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Judging from these fly-leaves, the work from which they have been taken appears to have been an octavo or small quarto. Notes and Queries, Number 239, May 27, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Haydon undertook to make a finished chalk-sketch of the author’s head, to be prefixed to the volume; he drew outlines accordingly, but the volume, an octavo, appeared in April without any portrait. Life of John Keats Pope's prohibition of Watson's work, coupled with his own publication of the octavos, is fresh evidence of the insincerity of his professed dissatisfaction with the P. T. selection. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition All the other volumes of that series are printed in octavo, on paper of the double size. The Art and Craft of Printing Many people no doubt were surprised when Dr. Grosart, by collecting his pamphlets, his essays, his notes, and his letters, managed to fill three large octavo volumes. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) However, to proceed to business—he has given me another order—A Journey up the Rhine, in two vols. large octavo, in the year 18—. Olla Podrida In octavo, with 34 Engravings on Wood, an enlarged Map of the Crimea, and Map of the Author's Route. Notes and Queries, Number 237, May 13, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc The octavo edition of 1737 enables us to put the veracity of Pope in repudiating the P. T. collection to yet another proof. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Cincinnati, have issued an octavo volume of nearly seven hundred pages, composed of Lectures on the American Eclectic System of Surgery, by Benjamin L. Hill, M.D., with over one hundred illustrative engravings. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 Two octavo volumes of Selections from Modern State Trials, by Mr. Townsend, have been published: they comprise only five state trials properly so called, the rest being trials for murder, forgery, dueling, &c. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. The first collection of Mr. Webster's speeches in the Congress of the United States and on various public occasions, was published in Boston in one volume octavo, in 1830. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 I wish I could find a publisher for it: it would make a supplement to the Biographia Literaria in a volume and a half octavo. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature He prefixed to the octavo of 1737 a catalogue of surreptitious editions, in which he repeated that the P. T. publication "contained several letters not genuine." The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The first volume was issued in May, 1881, a royal octavo of 900 pages, bringing the record down to the beginning of the Civil War. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years The original edition of Parts i-iii is in quarto, Part iv in octavo. Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge It will contain in all 1600 octavo pages with portraits, fac-similes, monuments, residences of authors, and every sort of pictorial illustration that can increase the value and interest of the work. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 The Dynamical Theory of the Formation of the Earth, two mighty octavo volumes, elicits the following complimentary remarks from the Athenæum. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. The spurious letters in the P. T. collection were thus declared to be the letters which were excluded from the octavo edition of 1737. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Hinds pushed up some hundred and fifty miles from the Gulf coast, and thought this feat one which deserved two octavos of commemoration. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 The Diary is now included in four volumes demy octavo: by which change Lord Braybrooke has found room for many fresh notes and illustrations. Notes and Queries, Number 234, April 22, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. It will make an ample volume in octavo, comprising biographical and critical notices of the chief writers of that part of the Union, with liberal extracts from their characteristic productions. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 The collection will extend to seven octavo volumes. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. In the octavo of 1737 he erased the name, and left the passage to be applied to any old duchess who was then alive. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Set it on its edge on the table, and put a small octavo book on the edge or top of it, and it will bend instantly. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) He had them bound in volumes of all sizes; and a range of twelves, octavos, quartos, and folios were marshalled in portentous order on his shelves. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors A very valuable and interesting chapter of French literary history, is M. de Bligniere's Essay on Amyot and on the French Translators of the Sixteenth Century, lately published at Paris in an octavo volume. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 The whole will be comprised, probably, in six octavo volumes. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. I had not seen the first edition of the octavo till after Vol. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Set these rolls on end on the table, and they will carry the small octavo perfectly well. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) Your letters to Mr. Cromwell are out of print; and I intend to print them very beautifully, in an octavo volume. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors It is continued Monthly, price 4d., and is now printed in a neat octavo size, with a Wrapper. Australia, its history and present condition containing an account both of the bush and of the colonies, with their respective inhabitants A thick octavo is here worth about four or five shillings, and the duty is, we understand, about one shilling more. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) It appeared on May 18, 1737, in folio and quarto, and a little later in octavo, that the various sizes might range with previous editions of the poet's works. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The first catalogues books as folio, quarto, octavo, and so forth, and then cross-catalogues them as law, physic, divinity, and the rest, but is otherwise written very much in the air. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 There were 30 lots in folio, 26 in quarto, and 106 in octavo and smaller sizes. How to Form a Library, 2nd ed The work is comprised in four octavo volumes. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 The work, consisting of two octavo volumes, was satisfactorily proved at the sale to net 834l. per annum. Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches The interpolated letters of the quarto are equally an interpolation in the octavo, where they follow p. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Accordingly he modernised the spelling, divided the scenes, and added lists of dramatis personae; and the folio gave place to six octavo volumes. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare This pamphlet of forty octavo pages, holding out relief by proposing Independence to an oppressed and despairing people, was published in January, 1776; speaking a language which the colonists had felt, but not thought of. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." This was continued for one year, and forms two octavo volumes in which a great variety of subjects is discussed, connected with his favorite purpose of national improvement. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 Complete in Five Volumes, octavo, of about 500 pages each, with 105 Illustrations. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses Consequently the octavo must have been struck off before the letters were interpolated in the quarto, or they would not have been printed in the octavo on an interpolated half-sheet. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition He has written thirteen octavo volumes, three thousand pages in pamphlet form, and twice that amount for the newspaper press. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy Publication Department, through which the equivalent of nearly twenty million pages of octavo matter has been issued under its auspices. The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 This is a large and beautiful octavo, and is embellished with an admirable likeness of Mr. Clay. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 In 1751 a third edition of eight volumes in duodecimo and a fourth edition of seven volumes in octavo were published simultaneously. Clarissa: Preface, Hints of Prefaces, and Postscript His meaning was that since the first edition of the octavo had not been entered, the entry of the second edition, which was subsequent to the piracy, came too late to secure the copyright. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition It is not in two thin octavo volumes that the annals of the conflict of Europe and Asia for two centuries is to be given. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 He says that it is a very handsome octavo, for, ever since the days of Ogilvy, good paper and good print, and fine cuts, make a book become ingenious and brighten up an author strangely. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome The Municipal Council of Venice voted the sum of fifty thousand lire for the �dition de luxe, which consists of twenty volumes, in octavo. Italy, the Magic Land The word 'education,' when used in the sense that is commonly applied to it, could not be satisfactorily and adequately defined in less than a post octavo pamphlet. The Curse of Education The Popular Science Monthly is published monthly in a large octavo, handsomely printed on clear type, and, when the subjects admit, fully illustrated. The Electoral Votes of 1876 Who Should Count Them, What Should Be Counted, and the Remedy for a Wrong Count They make an octavo volume of about three hundred and fifty pages. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 VII were reprinted from the quarto pamphlet of 1798, and were again set up as a small octavo pamphlet by Law & Gilbert, the printers of the Poetical Register. The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Vol II (of II) The octavos of Burton, Barth, Livingstone, Du Chaillu, Davis, and a number of other celebrated travellers, form a small library, all the result of the last few years’ devotion to African exploration––N. Y. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life This work would fill in English not less than six octavo volumes. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History It is now completed in sixteen large octavo volumes, each containing over 800 pages, fully illustrated with several thousand Wood Engravings, and with numerous colored Lithographic Maps. The Electoral Votes of 1876 Who Should Count Them, What Should Be Counted, and the Remedy for a Wrong Count The book in question is to consist of three volumes of some six hundred and fifty octavo pages each, devoted respectively to North, Central, and South America. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 He devoted the spare hours of his latest years to the preparation of a "History of the Town of Peterborough," which was published in a large octavo volume in 1876. The History of Dartmouth College If the sheet is folded into four leaves, the book is called a "quarto," or "4to"; if into eight, it is an "octavo," or "8vo"; if into twelve, a "duodecimo," or "12mo." Makers of Many Things Never was there an octavo volume, like Farmer's upon Shakespeare—which embraced so many, and such curious, points, and which displayed such research, ingenuity, and acuteness—put forth with so little pomp, parade, or pedantry. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance The first systematic division into scenes was made by Nicholas Rowe, poet laureate to George I, in the edition which he issued in six octavo volumes in 1709. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar It makes an octavo of more than five hundred pages, and for originality of ideas and illustrations, and cumulative force of logic, is almost unrivalled. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 It was published monthly, in numbers of thirty-two royal octavo pages, making two volumes each year. The History of Dartmouth College Sir:—I have received by mail a pamphlet copy of your "Letter to the Bishops, Elders, and other Ministers, Itinerant and Local, of the Methodist Episcopal Church South," covering twenty-eight octavo pages. Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors A few of the works, in octavo, were sufficiently amatory. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance He now writes very rapidly, averaging, it is said, twenty octavo pages a day. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 M. Bianchi's Turkish and French Dictionary, in two large octavos, has reached a second edition at Paris. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 Those called his works are bound in one volume octavo. Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies The Map is elegantly colored, and done up with linen cloth back, and folded in octavo form, with thick cloth covers. The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed This edition, though rather common and cheap, should be carefully reprinted in an octavo volume; to harmonize with the greater number of our best writers published in the same form. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance This process went on for a while, until Susan had worked down among the octavos, and Master Gridley had worked up among the quartos. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 The Censura Literaria, extending to ten octavo volumes, passed through two editions, and, in common with other similar works, till recently commanded a heavy price. The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time Among the posthumous works of the laborious Mr. Rutherford are his letters; the trial and triumph of faith; Christ's dying and drawing of sinners, &c.; and a discourse on prayer; all in octavo. Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies This Catalogue occupies Sixty Pages in royal octavo; of the importance of the Works enumerated and noticed, it may suffice to say, that MR. Notes and Queries, Number 236, May 6, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc The servant shortly arrived, and upon his expressing his inability to carry the entire packet—"Here," exclaimed Lisardo, "do you take the quartos, and follow me; who will march onward with the octavos." Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Gibbon, for instance, should be in large octavo or quarto, with print of a size to correspond. The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books Is it not sufficient to read them in a modest foolscap octavo? The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time I'll bespeak a quotation for binding and lettering a thousand octavos in paste grain, on behalf of some convenient firm of publishers. The Red Triangle Being Some Further Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, Investigator The manuscript, two big octavo volumes, had long been at its intended place of publication in Westphalia, when we received the news that altered circumstances did not permit of its being printed. Feuerbach: The roots of the socialist philosophy Very few copies of this catalogue, which is printed in a wide octavo page, resembling that of a quarto, were struck off: according to Fournier's Dict. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Besides the drawers at the base, this will afford space for four rows of books, to include octavos, duodecimos, and smaller volumes. The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books Professor of Physiology in the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. Two royal octavos of about 600 pages each, illustrated. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. Of this admirable work a subsequent edition has been published in 1822, in four volumes octavo. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. The octavo editions here referred to are those of 1800 and 1806; the latter, I believe, edited by Edward Du Bois. Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. In this interesting department of typography, there were about 220 volumes—upwards of 70 in folio, 40 in quarto, and 100 in octavo. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance This is the nearest realisation of a shelf classification, and by this method the folios may be far separated from the quartos, and the quartos from the octavos. The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books The source, here, is in these seven brown octavo volumes, all written in the closest hand, which are a treasure of the Advocates' Library in Edinburgh. The True Story Book Of this splendid and interesting work, several editions have since been published in French, in twelve volumes octavo. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. Note.—This edition is identical with the "New Edition" of 1820, but is in smaller type, and the size is crown, not post, octavo. The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry This valuable work is now published in two large octavo volumes, on fair type and fine paper, at a very low price. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West There are books on Furniture, for instance, in folio, in quarto, and in octavo. The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books Take the instance of the elderly man who had been dying suddenly for twenty years; whose last moments would probably amount to a calendar month, and his farewell words to an octavo volume. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 Accordingly, this octavo edition, of which Melanchthon was able to send a copy to Margrave George on September 14, revealed important alterations: partly improvements, partly expansions, partly deletions. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church V. was issued in post and in crown octavo. The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry Within the compass of an octavo volume Mr. Dixon has compressed a great variety of facts, many original, and all skilfully arranged, so as to produce an authentic moral portrait of his hero. Notes and Queries, Number 76, April 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc When shelf classification is imperative, the folios are all put together, the quartos together, and the octavos together. The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books The one of these is in octavo, and seems to have been carefully taken; the other is in quarto, and appears to be partly a copy, partly an abstract. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) In the following year the Elector desired a Latin-German edition in octavo. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Taken together, they fill a volume of just over 500 average octavo pages in the standard edition of 1812; but their individual length is very unequal. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 On receipt, for instance, of an octavo book for folding, the pile of sheets is laid flat on the table, and collated by the letter or signature of each sheet. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians The bottom cases should be deeper and wider, to take quartos and folios, but there should always be an extra shelf for turning a folio section into an octavo section. The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books Advocates' Library, but neither of them appears to be Gillespie's own hand-writing; the quarto certainly is not, and the octavo seems to be an accurate copy of two of the original volumes. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) See, for example the 10th Article, where the German text follows the octavo edition in omitting the quotation from Theophylact. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church These cards were all printed; for among the various amusements provided for the students, a couple of octavo Novelty presses, with a sufficient supply of type and other printing material had been furnished. Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark Books of various sizes are known as “folio,” “quarto,” “octavo,” “duodecimo,” &c. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians Nineteen-twentieths of the books in circulation are octavos and smaller volumes. The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books In the copy transcribed for the press, the octavo manuscript has been followed. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) Such are the more interesting and characteristic portions of a narrative, running in the original to forty or fifty large octavo pages. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy In his financial strait he accepted an offer, and wrote the work, in two octavo volumes, while suffering from the weakness and pain of his malady. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The inset is folded separately and inserted into the centre of the octavo portion. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians The book is a very small octavo, the type and execution are creditable, the woodcut at the beginning is clumsy. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II Forming an annual volume of 400 royal octavo pages handsomely Illustrated. Woodward's Country Homes She ran her fingers lightly up the octavo and began again with A. Agnes leaned hungrily over the page, reading the printed directions below each simple measure, where the fingering was plainly marked. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation This important work was advertised, we believe, before the death of Mr. Wheaton, to be published in two octavos, by the Appletons, but it has not yet been printed. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 The “inset” pages, 10, 15, 14, 11, must be cut off, and the rest of the section folded as for an octavo sheet. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians Neither will he owe it to the pains taken with him by a mathematician who corresponded with him until the joint letters filled an octavo volume. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II Not the less displeasing to me is another book of sonnets, printed in octavo form. The Writer, Volume VI, April 1892. A Monthly Magazine to Interest and Help All Literary Workers Secondly, they were to be printed not in ponderous and costly folios but in small octavos of convenient size, small but clear type, and low price. Printing and the Renaissance A paper read before the Fortnightly Club of Rochester, New York Among the new books in England is one entitled "Modern State Trials" by William C. Townsend, in two octavos. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Other gentlemen, who had no briefs to show, carried under their arms goodly octavos, with a red label behind, and that under-done-pie-crust-coloured cover, which is technically known as “law calf.” Bardell v. Pickwick And this mathematician did not discover the character of the subsoil of the land he was trying to cultivate until a goodly octavo volume of letters had passed and repassed. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II There is a book which I must show you," and, having chosen from a number of books on the table an octavo volume, entitled "Illustrations of the Moral Government of God, by E. Smith, M.D., My Recollections of Lord Byron A handbill, about octavo size, was handed in, and the officer passed on to the next house. World's War Events, Vol. II The brochure consists of two octavo pages of letterpress, with the following heading:— PROSPECTUS. A Bibliography of the writings in Prose and Verse of George Henry Borrow What an affecting story I could have made of it in one octavo volume. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete An octavo edition 1716, with its English title of "A compleat System of Husbandry and Gardening, or the Gentleman's Companion in the Business and Pleasures of a Country life." On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions But I dare say they have the same taste for the "octavo" and the "duodecimo"!' The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 This book was printed as an octavo volume, and was paginated using a recto-verso scheme. The Art or Crafte of Rhetoryke Also printed privately in pamphlet form, as follows:— The Story of Tim / Translated from the Russian / By / George Borrow / London: / Printed for Private Circulation / 1913–Crown octavo, p. A Bibliography of the writings in Prose and Verse of George Henry Borrow A new work on French History during the middle ages is La France au temps des Croisades, by M. Vaublanc, which has lately made its appearance at Paris, in four handsome octavo volumes. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 The volume is 11� inches long by 9 inches wide and is much heavier than our very heavy octavo volumes. Historical Essays I work night and day, I pile up volume after volume, two and three octavos in a year. The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 In octavo printing, the printer uses large sheets of paper folded and cut into eight leaves each, creating 16 pages. The Art or Crafte of Rhetoryke Complete in one large octavo volume of over 200 pages, printed on the finest white paper, with numerous illustrative engravings. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 It will form a large octavo of two hundred and fifty pages, with sixty-three engravings, and will be published by Mr. Putnam. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 He was likewise a man of affairs, but his life work was his historical writings, which, had we all of them, would fill probably four moderate-sized octavo volumes. Historical Essays His works, first published in Paris in 1843 in six octavo volumes, went through many subsequent editions. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 There still remains in MS. an octavo volume of meditations and devotions. Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries Complete in one large octavo volume of 300 pages, printed from new type and on the finest paper. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 The new paper, of which only three numbers have come to our notice, is published twice a month, each number having eight pages of small octavo size. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 The “advertisement” to the first octavo edition published in 1783 is an instance of Gibbon’s truthfulness. Historical Essays Dr. Cogswell has had printed, in an octavo volume of 446 pages, an alphabetical index to the books now collected, and of the proposed accessions. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Never had books appeared so attractive, never was kingdom so cheerfully offered for a horse as I would have offered mine for an octavo. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude Complete in one large octavo volume of 140 pages, beautifully illustrated, and printed on the finest white paper. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 In 1810 Dr. Rogers gave out a Syllabus of 12 octavo pages "On Experimental Lectures on Natural Philosophy and Chemistry," in which great emphasis was laid on the practical application of these sciences. James Cutbush An American Chemist, 1788-1823 Finished Watson's "Memoirs" 667 octavo pages; a good reply to those who have attempted a defence of slavery from O. and N. Testament. A Journey to America in 1834 Mr. Alison has found it necessary to devote ten large octavo volumes to the life and times of Napoleon Bonaparte. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges The first edition was an octavo, of 6000 copies; and it was followed, in the course of the next two or three years, by a second and a third, amounting together to 3000 more. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) Complete in one fine octavo volume of 226 pages, beautifully illustrated, and printed on the finest white paper. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 In a large octavo volume, printed on extra paper and in full cloth binding. Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses You may, therefore, perhaps, gratify the lovers of truth and wit, by giving me leave to inform them, in your magazine, that my account will be published, in octavo, by Mr. Roberts, in Warwick-lane.” The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II There were forty-eight folios and one hundred and twenty-one octavos. Customs and Fashions in Old New England And the prior took from the range of books in octavo, "The Dialogues of Saint Catherine of Siena." En Route It makes a large octavo volume of 350 pages, printed from new type, and on the finest white paper. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 The Life makes four large octavo volumes, each of some 500 pages, in the great Oxford Edition by Birkbeck Hill: and the Tour to the Hebrides makes a fifth. Dr. Johnson and His Circle He produced an edition of his plays in six octavo volumes in 1709. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles A Second Edition, in four octavo volumes, of which we have a copy, was published in 1758. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles Each volume will contain at least 320 crown octavo pages, illustrated according to the requirements of the subject-matter, by from 30 to 100 illustrations, and will be strongly bound in ornamental cloth boards. Notes and Queries, Number 75, April 5, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Complete in two large octavo volumes of 538 pages, printed on the finest white paper, with numerous illustrative engravings. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 However, to proceed to business—he has given me another order—A Journey up the Rhine, in two volumes, large octavo, in the year 18—. Olla Podrida Sixpence was the usual price of a new quarto or octavo book such as would now be sold at prices ranging between three shillings and sixpence and six shillings. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles There is an octavo volume, published in the United States, giving a whole statement of the affair; it was not until the year 1833 that it was exposed, and Murel sent to the Penitentiary. Diary in America, Series Two According to this octavo geometer and quarto gentleman, a diameter of 81 gives a circumference of 256. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I Complete in two volumes, octavo, each 50 cents. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 My next "wanity" is a Virgil,—Justice's Virgil; a most elaborate and elegant edition, in five octavo volumes, published in the middle of the last century. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 “Those,” says Sir Walter Scott, “who with patience had studied rant and bombast in the folios of Scuderi, could not readily tire of nature, sense, and genius in the octavos of Richardson.” Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. There is the same expense in advertising, etcetera, a two volume, or a one octavo book, as a three. Diary in America, Series Two Its form is a case of the theory: the book is an undeniable duodecimo, but the size of its paper gives it the look of not the smallest of octavos. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I They are printed on the finest white paper, and each forms one largo octavo volume, complete in itself. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 It was not as pleasant as the first, for in her hands she held a thick octavo volume bound in shiny black leather. The Book-Hunter at Home A customer is likely to ask for Ivanhoe in English, octavo, bound in leather. The Classification of Patents The catalogue filled 13 octavo volumes, and the sale occupied 216 days. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries It runs to twenty pages octavo, and enumerates an extraordinary variety of literature. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting Complete in one large octavo volume of 400 pages, printed on fine white paper. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 The complete set of eight may be obtained in one small octavo volume, in the beautiful 'Eversley' series published by Macmillan. The Book-Hunter at Home Some histories will be in French, some will have octavo pages, and some cloth bindings. The Classification of Patents Thus, an octavo volume, or a volume printed in eights, as it is called, has eight leaves, or sixteen pages to a signature; a quarto four leaves; a duodecimo, or 12 mo. twelve leaves. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Until quite recently one of the scarcest of the first editions of the writings of Charles Dickens was a thin octavo pamphlet of seventy-one pages, entitled 'The Village Coquettes: a Comic Opera. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting Complete in one large octavo volume of 220 pages, full of beautiful illustrations, and printed in the best style. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 In 1887 a small octavo manuscript volume, in a worn brown binding, was offered at the end of a sale at Sotheby's. The Book-Hunter at Home Royal octavo, indeed, seems to be the pitfall of the book designer, though there is no inherent objection to it. The Booklover and His Books This book appeared in 1859, and is a carefully edited bibliography, arranged systematically in thirty-two divisions of subjects, filling 714 pages octavo. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries The contents of these catalogues were classified, first into three divisions, folio, quarto, and octavo and duodecimo, and then again into numerous sections according to the subject-matter of the volumes. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting Complete in one large octavo volume of 212 pages, and printed on the best of white paper. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 Once upon a time a spotlessly clean little square octavo volume of Terence, printed in italics, caught his eye upon a bookstall. The Book-Hunter at Home Royal octavo, pitfall of the book designer, 12, 13. The Booklover and His Books Mr. H. B. Wheatley, in his work, "How to Catalogue a Library," 1889, proposed to call all books small octavos which measure below the ordinary octavo size. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries The octavos were bounded by tea dishes of all shapes, colours and sizes. . . . The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting Complete in one octavo volume of 402 pages, printed from large new type, and on the finest paper. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 On an average one foot will contain ten octavo or quarto volumes or six folio ones. The Book-Hunter at Home The original edition of the life of Tennyson by his son, in two lumbering, royal octavo volumes, comes near to what Thackeray called the Farnese Hercules, "a hulking abortion." The Booklover and His Books They will not understand a man who condenses his thoughts into an octavo. Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record The sale, which commenced in 1834, lasted over several years, and the catalogue alone comprises six thick octavo volumes. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting One volume, octavo, over 200 pages Price 50 cents. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 Another edition of this work was published in octavo at Basle in 1740. The Book-Hunter at Home Southey's Chronicle of the Cid, which was published by Longman in 1808, and not since printed in England, was brought out in a very handsome octavo form at Lowell, U. S., in 1846. Notes and Queries, Number 182, April 23, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. He published in 1709 an edition of the plays in six octavo volumes, preceded by the first formal memoir of the dramatist, and furnished with notes. The Facts About Shakespeare The octavos, quartos, and folios, of which a selection appeared in each evening's sale, were numbered separately, a process which must have been very confusing, and one which was soon dropped. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting In 1848 he published a thin octavo volume, entitled "Glimpses of the Beautiful, and other Poems," which was much commended by the periodical and newspaper press. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century It is a catalogue of books printed with fictitious indication of place or with wrong dates, an octavo volume published in 1866. The Book-Hunter at Home He has edited Lord Byron's works, in two octavo volumes, with numerous notes, and a copious Memoir of the poet. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century But then, on the other hand, octavos are growing as large as some of the folios of the seventeenth century, and a solid roomy-looking book is still practicable. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author In addition to the copies printed for insertion in the appendix to the journal, two thousand copies of the complete work were issued separately in octavo form for distribution. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion "The Songs of the Holy Land," composed chiefly during a visit to Palestine, were printed for private circulation in 1846, but were published with considerable additions in a handsome octavo volume in 1848. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century It is a sumptuously produced work in two large octavo volumes, copiously illustrated. The Book-Hunter at Home In 1843 he published an octavo volume of poems and songs, with the title "Poems of the Fancy and the Affections." The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century They might be classified by the different sizes of books they affect—as folios, quartos, octavos, and duodecimos—but this would be neither an expressive nor a dignified classification. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author XI and XII of The Microcosm is from the "Second" octavo collected edition, Windsor, 1788. Parodies of Ballad Criticism (1711-1787) A Comment Upon the History of Tom Thumb, 1711, by William Wagstaffe; The Knave of Hearts, 1787, by George Canning The testimony taken filled an octavo volume of 1,188 pages. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. It was published—a thin octavo of 124 pages—in 1847, and the books are arranged chronologically; but there is an index of authors. The Book-Hunter at Home From 1560 to 1616 no year passed without one or more editions issuing from the press, in folio, quarto, or octavo. The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics They are too light and volatile to be caught by the Copyright Act, which so carefully deposits our quartos and octavos in the privileged libraries. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author Price 25s., large square octavo, illustrated by numerous examples of the most exquisite Greek and Roman Coins, executed in facsimile of the Originals in actual relief and in their respective metals. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals A second design, in royal octavo white pine, and omitting the works of Chaucer, Spenser, Ben Jonson, and Herrick, is quoted at a hundred and fifty dollars. Second Book of Tales Until the decline of the coloured engraving in the 'fifties of last century they were legion in number, both quartos and octavos, and many are still to be had for a few shillings. The Book-Hunter at Home Alice does not stop to consider that our neighbors have never read the royal octavo volume I wrote upon the subject of that discovery; Alice herself has never read that book. The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice If it be asked, What do the general public know of Johnson’s nine volumes octavo? Obiter Dicta Second Series All these together will make an octavo like the last. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland II E. g. the two Wesleys between them wrote thirteen octavo volumes, of some 400 pages each, full of closely printed hymns. A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-Singing A second edition appeared in two octavo volumes at Brussels four years later. The Book-Hunter at Home Taking down from a shelf a packet of these high-priced stamps, which was about the size of a thick octavo book, the official stated that it was worth 35,000 pounds. Post Haste At the beginning of the volume, which is a small octavo, was a portrait of the poet, most villainously executed. Obiter Dicta Second Series At the head of the table sat those who had published in folio, foliissimo; next the authors in quarto; then those in octavo. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 The work to consist of about 400 pages octavo. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art. It was printed in octavo, black letter, and the only copy that seems to be known is in the Douce collection at the Bodleian. The Book-Hunter at Home The Gadshill collection of thin octavos, comprising the whole series of Readings, includes within it two copies of "Mrs. Gamp" and two copies of "Nicholas Nickleby." Charles Dickens as a Reader He pulled out from a bottom shelf two musty octavo volumes bound in dark brown leather, and each securely tied with a string; for the covers had been broken from the backs. The Bibliotaph and Other People He had the effrontery, by way of specimen, to edit an Italian translation of the sixtieth book, but that book took up no more than one octavo page! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 The result is correctly described as “grand in octavo, 746 pages,” and is really an inflated piece of Masonic chronology, exceedingly ill-balanced, but, at the same time, undeniably useful. Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer A useful little guide to the study of ancient Greece and Italy is Dr. J. B. Mayer's 'Guide to the Choice of Classical Books,' a small octavo of which a third edition appeared in 1885. The Book-Hunter at Home He found Byron’s “Childe Harold” in one volume and “Don Juan” in another, both royal octavo editions, slightly stained, but bound in full calf. Clayhanger The law was so extended and so minute that it required thirty printed pages of royal octavo and more than twenty thousand words to express its provisions. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 It is a thin octavo, of 172 pages, and it is accompanied by an Errata of 15 pages! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 But each of these requires an octavo volume. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 In addition to these plays, the 'Clouds' and the 'Wasps' were included in Thomas Mitchell's version first published in two octavo volumes dated 1820 and 1822. The Book-Hunter at Home Urging my way through a hot fire of octavos, I rang the bell. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 17, 1892 It will be an octavo of about six hundred pages, with portraits. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 The daily papers of New York, and of some other cities, contain, in each sheet, an amount of printed matter equal to sixty-four pages of an ordinary octavo volume. The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy I doubt, however, whether any person would do well to cross the Rhone to explore them, upon the mere credit of that wise octavo. Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 This last is a beautiful translation in the Spenserian stanza, of which a second edition appeared in 1868, in two octavo volumes. The Book-Hunter at Home Well I remember that Pentateuch, a middling thick octavo volume, in a crumbly sort of leather cover; and how the book opened of itself at certain places, where there were pictures. The Promised Land Lossing's Field Book of the Revolution—two royal octavos profusely illustrated—is an excellent book to browse in. The War of Independence It is an imperial octavo volume of lxiii + 532 pages, illustrated by 83 plates, of which 11 are colored, and 564 figures in the text. Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 It was not preceded, as in the case of most botanical works, by any preliminary papers containing descriptions of new or unknown species, and the three stout octavo volumes appeared together at the same date. Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work Here he took a thin octavo book from one of the cases. The Book-Hunter at Home I have already given away to Friends all that I had of any rarity or value, especially if over octavo. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II Sir James Ware published the works of St. Patrick at London, in 1658, in octavo. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March It consists of two leaves of a large octavo sheet, probably published some twenty years back, and is headed "Autobiographical Sketch of the Editor." Notes and Queries, Number 185, May 14, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The Psalterium which he printed in octavo was in a large well cut English black letter, and each page was surrounded by a chain border. A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 It was abridged in octavo the same year. The Book-Hunter at Home It is an octavo book, and relates to the care, management, and diseases of the black-faced mountain-breed, of which alone he was cognizant. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 But a few only of the topics illustrated in this publication, which expanded into a pamphlet of one hundred and thirty octavo pages, can here be touched. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. He is a particular favorite of Gurlt's, who has more than twenty-five large octavo, closely printed pages with regard to him. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages It was used only in octavo books, and he continued to use it for some years without erasing the date, a fact that has led to much confusion in the classification of his books. A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 Then there is a slim octavo of some 150 pages which appeared at Newark in 1807, entitled 'Poems on Various Occasions.' The Book-Hunter at Home This work contains as much as eight ordinary octavos. Strife and Peace M. Leonard Gallois, a well-known historical writer, announces a History of the Revolution of February, 1848, in five large octavos, with forty-one portraits. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Altogether, Gurlt, in his "History of Surgery," gives about fifteen large octavo pages of rather small type to a brief compendium of Bruno's teachings. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages The octavo editions of this notable book were printed in a smaller fount of black letter, and the title-page was enclosed within the 1534 border. A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 Some ninety-five witnesses had been examined, and the report of testimony covered twelve hundred octavo pages. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 He published the results of his labors in a large octavo volume, illustrated by a hundred and twenty-eight engravings. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money M. Barante's History of the Convention will consist of six octavos, of which three are published, and the last is accompanied by it biographical sketch of each of the seven hundred and fifty members. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II As a more up-to-date romance, she had acquired from a corner bookstore a lavishly pictured novel in octavo, entitled "The Ballet Girl's Revenge." Pirate Gold They were issued in octavo form, and were evidently very hastily turned out from the press, type, woodcuts, and workmanship being of the worst description. A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 They were so elaborate as to fill a stately octavo volume of five hundred pages. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 He continued his studious labors, and published at various periods "Ancient and Modern Cookery Compared," in two volumes, octavo, "The Paris Cook, or the Art of Cooking in the Nineteenth Century," and others. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money The Letters and unpublished Essays of Count Joseph de Maistre have been brought out at Paris, in two volumes octavo. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Octavo and duodecimo editions of the Armenian Bible were going through the press, as was also an octavo Bible in Greco-Turkish. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. In his Preface to Paradise Lost, Baskerville stated that the extent of his ambition was to print an octavo Prayer Book and a folio Bible. A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 Such are a few hints for "Some Passages in the Life of a Green Goose," written by himself—in foolscap octavo—published by Quack and Co., Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 Nearly 1600 royal octavo pages, over 500 cuts, 22 colored plates. Plain Facts for Old and Young He had determined, about the year 1801, to give the Christian community an octavo edition, in large type, of the Book of Common Prayer, the first of that size from an American press. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II The MS. contains 320 large octavo leaves, the first fifty-six being taken up with illuminated illustrations of biblical history from the Creation to the death of Solomon. Illuminated Manuscripts Authorities.—Of the Collected Works, there are two main editions—the quarto and the octavo. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The four classes in the quarto and octavo section were not grouped according to subjects. Three Centuries of a City Library an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Norwich Public Library Established in 1608 and the present Public Library opened in 1857 It is a proposal that they should publish in two thick octavo volumes a series of translations of the best and most approved poetry of the ancient and modern Scots-Gaelic bards. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends There is a new History of the City of Lyons, in three octavos, by the city librarian. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II When other forms of books, such as octavo, duo-decimo, etc., came into use, it was in consequence of the increased number of foldings. Illuminated Manuscripts This contains the fifth edition of Sir James Prior's life; also an edition in twelve volumes, octavo, published by J.C. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" One thousand copies of this crown octavo catalogue of 94 pages p. 66were printed. Three Centuries of a City Library an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Norwich Public Library Established in 1608 and the present Public Library opened in 1857 "The Chameleon," a publication of the nature of an annual, commenced in 1831, and extended to three octavo volumes. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century The Agriculturist is a large periodical of Forty-four pages, quarto, not octavo, beautifully printed, and filled with plain, practical, reliable, original matter, including hundreds of beautiful and instructive Engravings in every annual volume. Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health The work is a thin octavo of a little more than one hundred pages; but the damage it wrought him was out of all proportion to its size. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters It contained fourteen pages of royal octavo, and its price was sixpence. Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities It is very full and minute in its provisions and covers thirty octavo pages. The Organization of the Congregation in the Early Lutheran Churches in America The Supplement is issued weekly; every number contains 16 octavo pages, with handsome cover, uniform in size with Scientific American. Scientific American, Volume XXXVI., No. 8, February 24, 1877 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Volumes of all sizes, from small pamphlets to bulky octavos, were spread abroad as an antidote to the poison. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology In 1811 he published an octavo volume of "Poems and Songs," of which a second edition was called for at the end of three years. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century The three volumes are large octavo, of about five hundred pages each, containing elegant portraits and illustrative maps; and yet the whole is sold for six dollars! The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 The tablets vary in shape and size, some being flat, elongated bars from two to seven and a half inches in length, while others are squarer, ranging up to small octavo. The Sea-Kings of Crete Runkle's "Mathematical Monthly" received a very fine octavo volume, the printing of which must have been expensive, by Mr. James Smith, a respectable merchant of Liverpool. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer A complete picture of this ardent and unfaltering friendship is shown in the letters of the two parties, gathered in an octavo volume of nearly six hundred pages. The Friendships of Women A sure cure for this distressing complaint is now made known in a Treatise of 48 octavo pages, on Foreign and Native Herbal Preparations, published by Dr. O. Phelps Brown. Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Most children will prefer the one in large octavo. A Mother's List of Books for Children These results were published in an octavo pamphlet of fifty-two pages. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. Members are entitled to receive the Journal of American Folk-Lore, a periodical appearing quarterly, and of which eight volumes have already been issued, each volume containing about three hundred and fifty octavo pages. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk Mr. Perkins, while at home, prepared for the press an octavo volume of five hundred pages, entitled "A Residence of Eight Years among the Nestorian Christians." History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. The work is an octavo, most beautifully printed on tinted paper, and illustrated by many fine wood engravings. Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. It forms a large octavo of about three hundred pages, and as a specimen of the typographical art is scarcely to be surpassed. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. He studied especially brevity, and thought that he carried it to an extreme, though the French edition of the Institutes fills more than eight hundred large octavo pages. The Age of the Reformation Every number contains 16 octavo pages, with handsome cover, uniform in size with Scientific American. Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures A work of two large octavo volumes, containing 1,020 pages, with two portraits of Mr. Parker, and some vignettes on wood. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 In 1806 he published, in two octavo volumes, "Popular Ballads and Songs, from Tradition, Manuscripts, and Scarce Editions; with Translations of Similar Pieces from the Ancient Danish Language, and a few Originals by the Editor." The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century In one volume octavo, cloth lettered, price Five Shillings, An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges I sent for my bookbinder to-day, and ordered him to get me an octavo Bible in sheets, the best paper and print in town; and bind it with all the elegance of his craft. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham His last work, "The Scottish Adventurers," a novel, appeared in 1812, in two octavo volumes. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century A book composed of octavo pages. odium Strong dislike, contempt, or aversion. Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States These works—the latter extending to two octavo volumes—were published by his employers. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century They might easily be compressed into less than two ordinary octavo pages, though the work itself extended to five books. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" I am much pleased with your idea of publishing a collection of our songs in octavo, with etchings. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham In 1804 he sought distinction as a poet by giving to the world "The Grampians Desolate," a long poem, in one volume octavo. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century The magnificent quarto edition of 750 copies was soon exhausted, and an octavo edition of 1500 copies was sold out within the year. Sir Walter Scott (English Men of Letters Series) In 1845 he published his "History of the Isle of Man," in two large octavo volumes. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century She then showed me the catalogue of prohibited books, which was at least as thick as a good sized octavo. The Diary of an Ennuyée It fills twenty-six octavo volumes of about five hundred pages to each, the works enumerated being divided into four classes,—the Confucian Canon, History, Philosophy, and General Literature. China and the Chinese |
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