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elephant folio

noun

Printing.
  1. a very large folio.
  2. an American book size with a height measurement between 24 and 25 inches (61 and 63.5 centimeters).


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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of elephant folio1

First recorded in 1875–80
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There is a set of James Bateman’s “Orchids of Mexico and Guatemala,” 40 elephant folio plates and the largest botanical book ever published.

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Bound together, the original collection of prints is called the "double elephant folio" because the handmade paper pages are one meter tall by 72.4 centimeters wide.

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Less than 200 copies of the elephant folio were ever made.

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An original edition of Audubon's book, known as the double elephant folio, is also being shown.

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After finding the ship Candace, I would then go to Dennis Wood’s stack of larger, elephant folio and equally maroon “Abstracts” – listed by Volume, Part, Pages; the Candace is mentioned in Wood’s 1832 – 1847, VOL.

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