What is the meaning of Sextodecimo?

  • (a.) Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; of or equal to, the size of one fold of a sheet of printing paper when folded so as to make sixteen leaves or thirty-two pages; as, a sextodecimo volume.
  • (n.) A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; -- usually written 16mo or 16ยก.
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