What is "eightvo"

eightvo \eightvo\ n. the size of a book (ca. 16 x 23 cm) whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves. The pages have about half the area of a quarto. Symbolized as 8vo, and 8[deg].

Syn: octavo, 8vo, 8[deg].

n. (context printing English) octavo

n. the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves [syn: octavo, 8vo]