LETTER FROM ITALY, TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES, LORD HALIFAX... 1701. Together with the Mourning Muse of Alexis. A Pastoral. Lamenting the Death of Our Late Gracious Queen Mary. By Mr. [William] Congreve. 1695. To Which Is Added the Despairing

8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.. Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.