quarto
IPA: kwˈɔrtoʊ
noun
- (paper) A size of paper (7.5"-10" x 10"-12.5" or 190-254 x 254-312 mm). Formed by folding and cutting one of several standard sizes of paper (15"-20" x 20"-25" or 381-508 x 508-635 mm) twice to form 4 leaves (eight sides).
- (UK) Quarto writing paper (10 inches x 8 inches)
- (printing) A book size, corresponding to the paper size.
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Examples of "quarto" in Sentences
- The quarto is dedicated to George Butler.
- The text was reprinted in quarto in 1623.
- It declares the second quarto to be the most authentic.
- Some copies of the quarto have the date altered to 1612.
- The original codex contained 165 leaves, in the quarto size.
- The 1633 quarto was published by the bookseller Hugh Beeston.
- This kind of omission is typical of the bad quartos in general.
- The 1632 quarto was the only edition in the seventeenth century.
- A second imprint of the first quarto was issued in the same year.
- The quarto was the only edition of the play before the nineteenth century.
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