noun
- Plural of octavo; books or pages of a size produced by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves.
Usage: printing and bookbinding term; often abbreviated as 8vo
Examples
- The library's collection includes many eightvos from the 18th century.
- Publishers preferred eightvos for novels because they were portable and affordable.
- The rare book dealer specialized in eightvos and other small-format volumes.
- Most of the first editions in the archive are eightvos bound in leather.