octavon.adj.

Brit.

/ɒkˈteɪvəʊ/,

/ɒkˈtɑːvəʊ/, U.S.

/ɑkˈtɑvoʊ/

Forms: 1500s–1600s octauo, 1500s– octavo, 1600s octava. Also represented by the abbreviations 8^o, 8vo, 8^vo, 8vo., 8^vo. (with point).

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: in octavo adv.

Etymology: < octavo (in in octavo adv.: see forms s.v.). Compare German Oktav (17th cent.). Compare quarto n.In abbreviated forms 8vo. , 8vo , etc., with the numeral 8 ultimately representing classical Latin octo (see octo- comb. form and discussion at that entry). For illustration of forms compare quot. a1696 at sense B., and also:1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 47 The Signatures shew it to be 8^vo.1813 in Jrnl. Cork Hist. & Archaeol. Soc. (1973) 78 140 100 8vo hand bills Mercantile School.1878 Printing Trades Jrnl. xxv. 17 A bulky crown 8^vo, selling at threepence.1934 Mod. Lang. Notes 49 178 The only edition..mentioned in the Sale Catalogue of his library is apparently in French, lot 7 of the 8vos etc.1995 Quill & Quire (Nexis) 61 64 No, ‘8vo.’ doesn't mean eight volumes, it denotes size, and is the standard size usually encountered. Compare also earlier 8vo , 8vo. apparently as abbreviation of in octavo adv.:1683 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 13 275 Contents... Tractatus de Podagra & Hydrope per Tho. Sydenham M.D. 8^vo. Lond. 1683.1771 T. Jefferson Let. 3 Aug. in Papers (1950) I. 78 Milton's works. 2 v. 8vo.

A. n.

A size of page traditionally produced by folding a standard printing sheet three times to form a section of eight leaves; (also) a book with pages of this size (in earlier uses, sometimes with the implication of popular appeal or cheapness); a page or piece of paper of this size. Cf. in octavo adv.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [noun] > octavo

octavo1712

society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [noun] > octavo > size

octavo1798

vo1847

1619 H. Hutton Follie's Anat. Postscr. 59 My head, my muse, I bring to thee to presse..In quarto's forme 't shall not be formed; tut! Pray, trim my head in spruce octavo's cut.

1659 T. Fuller Appeal Iniured Innocence i. 5 Mr. Camden's Britania. His first Edition was a Babe in a little..Octavo; the third, a Youth in a Quarto (but Map-less).

1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (1967) 116 The books are well disposed under gilt titles... In the other gallery runs a balustrade, within which are plac'd the Octavo's and Twelves.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 529. ¶1 The author of a Folio..sets himself above the author of a Quarto; the author of a Quarto above the author of an Octavo; and so on.

1728 A. Pope Dunciad i. 131 Quarto's, octavo's, shape the lessening pyre.

1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. i. 18 They published a very thick octavo.

1798 in N.E.D. (1902) (at cited word) Pray enquire of Mr. Cadell his determination respecting the mode of printing Burns. I am rather inclined to the Octavo.

1813 J. Austen Let. 24 Jan. (1952) 292 I am reading a Society-Octavo, an Essay on the Military Police & Institutions of the British Empire by Capt Pasley of the Engineers.

1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. Pref. 9 Imparting his lucubrations to the world in the shape of one or two octavos.

1876 H. James Roderick Hudson iii. 91 He plunged into bulky German octavos on Italian history.

1931 Mod. Philol. 29 59 It is now known that A was not a duodecimo but either an octavo identical with B..or a small paper copy of B worked in foolscap octavo.

1988 Library 10 362 Through other volumes one can pursue the gradual disappearance of the practice of ‘inverted’ imposition in octavos in Germany.

1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities xiv. 101 Livre withdrew a writing kit and booklet, a handsome, thin-ruled leather octavo with interlocking L's embossed on the cover.

B. adj.

Designating a book, book page, etc., produced in octavo. Also in extended use and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [adjective] > octavo

octavoa1696

oct.a1852

a1696 J. Aubrey Brief Lives: Chaloner (1898) I. 160 He [sc. Chaloner] wrote..an anonymous pamphlett, 8vo, scil. An account of the Discovery of Moyses's Tombe... 'Twas a pretty while before the shamme was detected.

1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 259 She..gathered up her Person into an Octavo Compass.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 529. ¶3 Every Octavo Writer in Great-Britain, that had written but one Book.

1755 Whole Duty of Man (advt.) A Long-line Octavo Common-Prayer.

1822 L. P. Savage Hints Decorative Print. 46 Four or five octavo pages of tied up letter.

1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons II. xii. vi. 289 Octavo ramparts, flanked with quarto crenellations.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 850/1 His writings and speeches..were collected and published..in one large octavo volume.

1946 E. Diehl Bookbinding (1980) i. iii. 32 The smaller octavo books were not frequently met with until after paper was used as a material for the text..for stiff vellum did not lend itself as did paper to being folded several times and made up into small books.

1994 P. O'Brian Commodore (1996) iv. 99 I have written all night, covering forty-three octavo pages.

1998 J. A. Bernstein Music Printing Renaissance Venice 62 Music publications in octavo format with small typefaces.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	octavo
释义	octavon.adj. Brit. /ɒkˈteɪvəʊ/, /ɒkˈtɑːvəʊ/, U.S. /ɑkˈtɑvoʊ/ Forms: 1500s–1600s octauo, 1500s– octavo, 1600s octava. Also represented by the abbreviations 8^o, 8vo, 8^vo, 8vo., 8^vo. (with point). Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: in octavo adv. Etymology: < octavo (in in octavo adv.: see forms s.v.). Compare German Oktav (17th cent.). Compare quarto n.In abbreviated forms 8vo. , 8vo , etc., with the numeral 8 ultimately representing classical Latin octo (see octo- comb. form and discussion at that entry). For illustration of forms compare quot. a1696 at sense B., and also:1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 47 The Signatures shew it to be 8^vo.1813 in Jrnl. Cork Hist. & Archaeol. Soc. (1973) 78 140 100 8vo hand bills Mercantile School.1878 Printing Trades Jrnl. xxv. 17 A bulky crown 8^vo, selling at threepence.1934 Mod. Lang. Notes 49 178 The only edition..mentioned in the Sale Catalogue of his library is apparently in French, lot 7 of the 8vos etc.1995 Quill & Quire (Nexis) 61 64 No, ‘8vo.’ doesn't mean eight volumes, it denotes size, and is the standard size usually encountered. Compare also earlier 8vo , 8vo. apparently as abbreviation of in octavo adv.:1683 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 13 275 Contents... Tractatus de Podagra & Hydrope per Tho. Sydenham M.D. 8^vo. Lond. 1683.1771 T. Jefferson Let. 3 Aug. in Papers (1950) I. 78 Milton's works. 2 v. 8vo. A. n. A size of page traditionally produced by folding a standard printing sheet three times to form a section of eight leaves; (also) a book with pages of this size (in earlier uses, sometimes with the implication of popular appeal or cheapness); a page or piece of paper of this size. Cf. in octavo adv. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [noun] > octavo octavo1712 society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [noun] > octavo > size octavo1798 vo1847 1619 H. Hutton Follie's Anat. Postscr. 59 My head, my muse, I bring to thee to presse..In quarto's forme 't shall not be formed; tut! Pray, trim my head in spruce octavo's cut. 1659 T. Fuller Appeal Iniured Innocence i. 5 Mr. Camden's Britania. His first Edition was a Babe in a little..Octavo; the third, a Youth in a Quarto (but Map-less). 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (1967) 116 The books are well disposed under gilt titles... In the other gallery runs a balustrade, within which are plac'd the Octavo's and Twelves. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 529. ¶1 The author of a Folio..sets himself above the author of a Quarto; the author of a Quarto above the author of an Octavo; and so on. 1728 A. Pope Dunciad i. 131 Quarto's, octavo's, shape the lessening pyre. 1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. i. 18 They published a very thick octavo. 1798 in N.E.D. (1902) (at cited word) Pray enquire of Mr. Cadell his determination respecting the mode of printing Burns. I am rather inclined to the Octavo. 1813 J. Austen Let. 24 Jan. (1952) 292 I am reading a Society-Octavo, an Essay on the Military Police & Institutions of the British Empire by Capt Pasley of the Engineers. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. Pref. 9 Imparting his lucubrations to the world in the shape of one or two octavos. 1876 H. James Roderick Hudson iii. 91 He plunged into bulky German octavos on Italian history. 1931 Mod. Philol. 29 59 It is now known that A was not a duodecimo but either an octavo identical with B..or a small paper copy of B worked in foolscap octavo. 1988 Library 10 362 Through other volumes one can pursue the gradual disappearance of the practice of ‘inverted’ imposition in octavos in Germany. 1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities xiv. 101 Livre withdrew a writing kit and booklet, a handsome, thin-ruled leather octavo with interlocking L's embossed on the cover. B. adj. Designating a book, book page, etc., produced in octavo. Also in extended use and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [adjective] > octavo octavoa1696 oct.a1852 a1696 J. Aubrey Brief Lives: Chaloner (1898) I. 160 He [sc. Chaloner] wrote..an anonymous pamphlett, 8vo, scil. An account of the Discovery of Moyses's Tombe... 'Twas a pretty while before the shamme was detected. 1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 259 She..gathered up her Person into an Octavo Compass. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 529. ¶3 Every Octavo Writer in Great-Britain, that had written but one Book. 1755 Whole Duty of Man (advt.) A Long-line Octavo Common-Prayer. 1822 L. P. Savage Hints Decorative Print. 46 Four or five octavo pages of tied up letter. 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons II. xii. vi. 289 Octavo ramparts, flanked with quarto crenellations. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 850/1 His writings and speeches..were collected and published..in one large octavo volume. 1946 E. Diehl Bookbinding (1980) i. iii. 32 The smaller octavo books were not frequently met with until after paper was used as a material for the text..for stiff vellum did not lend itself as did paper to being folded several times and made up into small books. 1994 P. O'Brian Commodore (1996) iv. 99 I have written all night, covering forty-three octavo pages. 1998 J. A. Bernstein Music Printing Renaissance Venice 62 Music publications in octavo format with small typefaces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1619
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