Library Association of the United Kingdom. Committee on Size-notation. TABLE OF SIZES OF BOOKS. | Notation. | Height
in
Inches. | Width. | Leaves to
Signature. | Wire line in laid
or hand made
Papers. | | Folio. | | | | | | Atlas f? | (1) | Circa 30 | } ? to ¾ { | In twos, fours, sixes and eights. | Perpendicular | | La. f? or { | Imp. f? | (5) | 21½-23 | | Roy. f? | (5) | 18½-21 | | F? | (2) | 13½-18 | | Sm. f? | (3, 4) | 8½-13 | | Quarto. | | | | | | La. 4? or { | Imp. 4? | (5) | 13½-16 | } ? { | In fours, sixes and eights. | Horizontal | | Roy. 4? | (5) | 11½-13 | | 4? | (2) | 9½-11 | | Sm. 4? | (3) | 7½-9 | | Octavo et infra. | | | | | | La. 8? or { | Imp. 8? | (5) | 10½-11 | } ? to ¾ { | In eights, and som’t’mes fours. | Perpendicular | | Roy. 8? | (5) | 9½-10 | | 8? | (2) | 8-9 | ” | In eights | Perpendicular | | Sm. 8? | (3) | 6½-7½ | ” | In eights | Perpendicular | | 12? | | ” | ” | In sixes and twelves | Horizontal | | 16? | (6) | } 5½-6 { | ? to ? | In eights & sixteens | Horizontal & Perpendicular | | 18? | | ? to ¾ | In sixes, twelves and eighteens | Horizontal | | 24? | | } 4-5 { | ” | In sixes and twelves | Perpendicular | | 32? | | ” | In eights and sixteens | Perpendicular | | 48? or m? | (7) | under 4 | ” | | | 1. Including “elephant,” “columbia,” &c. 2. Including “medium,” “demy” and “crown.” 3. Including “copy,” “post,” “foolscap” and “pot.” 4. Of preceding centuries. 5. Of this century. 6. Including sq. 16?, and all books of this size, in eights. 7. Including 48?, 64?, &c. “Minimo” for the smallest books.
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