octavo

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Co-founded by Adobe Systems CEO John Warnock, an avid rare-book collector, Octavo has so far published 15 titles.

From Time Magazine Archive

Octavo CD-ROMs cost $20 to $50 and are available at www.octavo.com Isabelle Huppert has one of the most watchful, and watchable, film faces.

From Time Magazine Archive

Octavo, ok-tā′vō, adj. having eight leaves to the sheet.—n. a book printed on sheets folded into eight leaves, contracted 8vo—usually meaning a medium octavo, 6�9� inches.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Octavo, cloth, gilt, uncut; half-title, title, contents, list of illustrations, pp.

From The Bibliography of Walt Whitman by Shay, Frank

Octavo, cloth, uncut; half-title, portrait, title, contents, list of illustrations, pp.

From The Bibliography of Walt Whitman by Shay, Frank