Book Sizes

As a rough guide, most commons paperbacks tend to be 12mo or 8vo ...

64mo - a book that is up to 3" tall.

48mo - a book that is up to 4" tall.

32mo - a book that is up to 5" tall.

24mo - a book that is up to 5 ¾" tall.

16mo - sextodecimo - a book that is up to 6 ¾" tall.

12mo - Duodecimo - a book that is up to 7 ¾" tall.

8vo - Octavo - a book that is up to 9 ¾" tall.

4to - Quarto - a book that is up to 12" tall.

Folio - a book that is up to 15" tall.

Elephant Folio - a book that is up to 23" tall.

Atlas Folio - a book that is up to 25" tall.

Double Elephant Folio - a book that is up to 50" tall.