Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · New York : D. Van Nostrand · leaf 87
ine the size of the book. —Fol. If the original sheet is folded once it is called a folio, and in this case the chain marks are perpendicular and the watermark is in the middle of the first leaf. In a folio there is one fold, two leaves or four pages, and nothing to cut. Most of Caxtons books are… … Fi-. 63. PAPER. 75 horizontal, and the watermark in the middle of the hack ofpp. 4 and 5 ; there are two foldings and two tops of leavesto be cut. —8°. If the quarto be again folded we get a gatheringof eight leaves, or 16 pp., called an octavo, which is thecommonest size for English books. In an…
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