thirtytwomon.
The size of a book, or of a leaf of a book, formed of sheets each folded five times, making thirty-two leaves; hence, a book of this size.
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1894 Amer. Dict. Printing & Bookmaking 548/1 Trigesimo-secundo, the bibliographical term for thirty-twomo; written shortly 32mo.
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thirtyˈsixmo n. (also thirty-sixes)
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1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 424 A half sheet of thirty-six's without cutting.
1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing 796 A sheet of paper folded into thirty-six leaves, seventy-two pages, is termed thirty-sixmo.., a sheet of paper folded into thirty-two leaves, sixty-four pages, is termed thirty-twomo.
thirty-twos n.
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1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 403 Sixteens, Twenty-fours, Thirty-two's, are but the Octavo's and Twelves doubled, or twice doubled and Imposed in Half Sheets.
1787 Smith's Printer's Gram. (new ed.) 210 A Sheet of Thirty-twos, with Four Signatures.
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