quarto
noun
a book size of about 9½ × 12 inches (24 × 30 centimeters), determined by folding printed sheets twice to form four leaves or eight pages. 4to, 4°
quartos
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pluralof quarto.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Before then, only 18 had been printed, in small paperback editions known as quartos.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2023
A couple of these men, John Heminges and Henry Condell, come up with the wild idea to publish all of Shakespeare’s scripts in a handsome bound folio rather than the cheap unauthorized quartos then available.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2017
Some of the plays were printed individually while the Bard was alive, in small editions called quartos, apparently without his permission.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2015
Our knowledge of changes made to the quartos, as well as Florio's treatment of Boccaccio and Montaigne, suggests that there is a strong chance that they were.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2013
Between the rose bowls the books were duly set out—a row of nursery quartos opened invitingly each at some gaily coloured image of beast or fish or bird.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
