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Definition of Twelvemo
1. a. & n. See Duodecimo.
Definition of Twelvemo
1. Noun. (context: paper) duodecimo, or 12mo, a paper size, so called because it is cut 12 to a (huge, originally made) sheet ¹
2. Noun. (printing) a page, book etc. of that size ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Twelvemo
1. a page size [n -MOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twelvemo
Literary usage of Twelvemo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of United States Public Documents by United States, Superintendent of Documents (1896)
"3JO twelvemo 15° Vegetable Physiology and Pathology. Narrow nur. Nautical mile naut.
m. No date nd Number, numbers no. Versus. ..."
2. The Catalogue of Books from the Libraries Or Collections of Celebrated by Grolier Club (1895)
"twelvemo, red morocco, monogram on the back panels, repeated at the side corners,
... twelvemo, olive morocco, gilt back thickly studded with a trefoil ..."
3. Bibliopegia: Or, The Art of Bookbinding in All Its Branches; Illustrated by John Hannett (1848)
"... twelvemo.—The signature to this size, when placed before the workman, should
be at the top on his left hand, and towards the table, the sheet presenting ..."
4. The Bookman (1899)
"About this time Irving, associated with his brother William and with James K.
Paulding, brought out twenty numbers of a little twelvemo periodical called ..."
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