Monograph (Gr.), a work in which a particular subject in any science is treated by itself, and forms the whole subject of the work—'an all-sided and exhaustive study of a special or limited subject.' The term is often loosely used for a small book on miscellaneous topics.
Monograph
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 276
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