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monograph

noun C2
  1. A scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects; especially, such a document that is written by one person.
  2. A single letter, especially one which represents a phoneme by itself.

Plural monographs

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I have made a special study of cigar ashes—in fact, I have written a monograph upon the subject.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 37 · B2
I remember that during the whole of that memorable day he lost himself in a monograph which he had undertaken upon the Polyphonic Motets of Lassus.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 34 · B2
As to Holmes, he returned refreshed to his monograph upon the Polyphonic Motets of Lassus, which has since been printed for private circulation, and is said by experts to be the last word upon the subject.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 40 · B2
You may possibly have read my little monograph upon the subject.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 9 · C1

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