| Joseph Henry Goodwin - 1889 - 336 pages
..." I bundle. 5 bundles " I bale. BOOKS. 883. The terms folio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, etc., show the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper is folded. A sheet folded in 2 leaves is called a folio. A sheet folded in 4 leaves is called a quarto, or 410.... | |
| Orville Marcellus Powers - 1906 - 384 pages
...quires = 1 ream. o bundles = 1 bale or case. The terms folio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, etc., indicate the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper is folded. STOCK SIZES OF FLAT OR WRITING PAPERS 14 x 17 called Cap. 18 x 23 called Medium. 16 x 21 " Demy. 19... | |
| Orville Marcellus Powers - 1906 - 384 pages
...quires = 1 ream. 5 bundles = 1 bale or case. The terms folio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, etc., indicate the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper is folded. STOCK SIZES OF FLAT OR WRITING PAPERS 14 x 17 called Cap. 18 x 23 called Medium. 16 x 21 " Demy. 19... | |
| Gustavus Sylvester Kimball - 1911 - 444 pages
...1716 pica ems. 317. In printing and binding books, the term folio, quarto, etc., are used to denote the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper is folded. When a sheet is folded into 2 leaves the book is called a folio, and I sheet of paper makes 4 pages;... | |
| James A. Lyons - 1912 - 392 pages
...quires = 1 ream. 5 bundles = 1 bale or case. The terms folio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, etc., indicate the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper is folded. STOCK SIZES OF FLAT OR WRITING PAPERS 14 x 17 called Cap. 18 x 23 called Medium. 16 x 21 " Demy. 19... | |
| United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps - 1930 - 1216 pages
...the West, use 500 sheets to the ream instead of 480. Trie terms folio, quarto, octavo, etc., indicate the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper is folded. When a sheet is folded into— The book is railed— And 1 sheet of paper makes— A (olio . .--«_.--_.A... | |
| Andrew King, John Plunkett - 2004 - 544 pages
...scarcely say that the sizes of books greatly vary ; but they are all reducible to a standard determined by the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper is folded. The most common size is called octavo, the size of Ihe ' Library of Useful Knowledge/ and this contains... | |
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