APPENDIX B.
Reading edition
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 fᵒ (1) Circa 30 } ⅔ to ¾ { In twos, fours, sixes and eights. Perpendicular
La. fᵒ or { Imp. fᵒ (5) 21½-23
Roy. fᵒ (5) 18½-21
Fᵒ (2) 13½-18
Sm. fᵒ (3, 4) 8½-13
Quarto.
La. 4ᵒ or { Imp. 4ᵒ (5) 13½-16 } ⅘ { In fours, sixes and eights. Horizontal
Roy. 4ᵒ (5) 11½-13
4ᵒ (2) 9½-11
Sm. 4ᵒ (3) 7½-9
Octavo et infra.
La. 8ᵒ or { Imp. 8ᵒ (5) 10½-11 } ⅔ to ¾ { In eights, and som’t’mes fours. Perpendicular
Roy. 8ᵒ (5) 9½-10
8ᵒ (2) 8-9 ” In eights Perpendicular
Sm. 8ᵒ (3) 6½-7½ ” In eights Perpendicular
12ᵒ ” ” In sixes and twelves Horizontal
16ᵒ (6) } 5½-6 { ⅔ to ⅘ In eights & sixteens Horizontal & Perpendicular
18ᵒ ⅔ to ¾ In sixes, twelves and eighteens Horizontal
24ᵒ } 4-5 { ” In sixes and twelves Perpendicular
32ᵒ ” In eights and sixteens Perpendicular
48ᵒ or mᵒ (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. 16ᵒ, and all books of this size, in eights.
7. Including 48ᵒ, 64ᵒ, &c. “Minimo” for the smallest books.