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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
octavo /ɒkˈtɑːvəʊ, -ˈteɪ-/ (abbrev.: 8vo)

▶noun (pl. octavos) a size of book page that results from folding each printed sheet into eight leaves (sixteen pages).

– origin C16: from L. in octavo ‘in an eighth’, from octavus ‘eighth’.

'octavo' also found in these Oxford entries:

crown - demy - oct. - royal - 8vo

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