Incunabula - Dawn of Western Printing

Disposition of pages in each format

The letter "r" indicates the front side of the leaf (recto) and the letter "v" indicates the reverse side of the leaf (verso).
Red lines indicate the same edge of the sheet of paper.

Folio (tow leaves, four pages)

Folio (tow leaves, four pages) Front side - 2 pages at left side, 3 pages at right side

Folio (tow leaves, four pages) Reverse side - 4pages at left side, 1 pages at right side

Quarto (four leaves, eight pages)

quarto (four leaves, eight pages) Front side - 6 pages at left-up side, 3 pages at left-bottom side, 7 pages at right-up side, 2 pages at right-bottom side

quarto (four leaves, eight pages) Reverse side - 8 pages at left-up side, 1 pages at left-bottom side, 5 pages at right-up side, 4 pages at right-bottom side

Octavo (eight leaves, 16 pages) has the two patterns shown below according to the way of folding the paper.

Pattern A

octavo (eight leaves, 16 pages) Pattern A - Front side

octavo (eight leaves, 16 pages) Pattern A - Reverse side

Pattern B

octavo (eight leaves, 16 pages) Pattern B - Front side

octavo (eight leaves, 16 pages) Pattern B - Reverse side
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