Where does “12mo” come from?

12mo is an abbreviation used in English to denote a book size, derived from the duodecimo format designation in Translingual.

12mo (English): Abbreviation of duodecimo, a page size; A book...

Definitions

  1. Abbreviation of duodecimo, a page size; A book...

Ancestry of “12mo”, step by step

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