sextodecimo

/ˌsɛkstoʊˈdɛsɪmoʊ/
noun
  1. A book size resulting from folding a sheet of paper into 16 leaves (32 pages), or a book of this size; also called 16mo.
    • Many 19th-century novels were published in sextodecimo format.
    • The pocket-sized dictionary was printed in sextodecimo for easy carrying.
    • The collector prized the tiny sextodecimo edition of Shakespeare's sonnets.
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