When you make a book by folding a sheet of paper in half, and then in half again, youve made a quarto. The fourth day inclusive after the return day of the writ is so called. The book is a moderate quarto, in spanish, written in a very legible hand, but a little damaged towards the latter end. The page size obtained by folding a whole sheet into four leaves.
Quarto constantly looks to identify new distribution partners from around the world, in particular north america and the uk, but also in international markets. Wikipedia, lexilogos, oxford, cambridge, chambers harrap, wordreference, collins lexibase dictionaries, merriam webster. Join macmillan dictionary on twitter and facebook for daily word facts, quizzes and language news. What does quarto mean definition of quarto word finder. Search quarto and thousands of other words in english definition and synonym dictionary from reverso. A size of book page resulting from folding each printed sheet into four leaves eight pages. A series of terms is commonly used by libraries and publishers for the general sizes of modern books, ranging from folio the largest, to quarto smaller and octavo still smaller.
We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website, including to. Quartos definition of quartos by the free dictionary. The size of a book is generally measured by the height against the width of a leaf, or sometimes the height and width of its cover. These examples are from the cambridge english corpus and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the cambridge dictionary editors or of cambridge university press or its licensors. The art and business of bookbinding began with the protection of parchment manuscripts with boards. Qds works with over 35 publishers in the us and the uk, including the natural history museum, murdoch books, haynes, and exisle publishing among many others. Proper usage and audio pronunciation plus ipa phonetic transcription of the word quarto.
Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Definition of quarto in the financial dictionary by the free dictionary. Book the best hostels in quarto daltino with hostelsclub. Each leaf size, and hence book size, is given a different name based on the number of folds required.
Definition of quarto noun in oxford advanced american dictionary. You can complete the translation of quarto given by the englishgerman collins dictionary with other dictionaries such as. Definition, synonyms, translations of quarto book by the free dictionary. British library, incunabula short title catalogue, entry for the sybyllenbuch.
In the 1600s, many of shakespeares plays were printed in the form of a folio. Synonyms for softcover at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Looking for online definition of 4to or what 4to stands for. Looking for online definition of quarto or what quarto stands for.
Papyrus had originally been produced in rolls, but. But in 1681 gerard blasius had brought out at amsterdam an anatome animalium, containing the results of all the dissections of animals that he could find. The leaves are then trimmed along the folds to produce eight book pages. Noah webster webster, noah, 17581843 the online books. Synonyms for quarto at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Quarto definition of quarto by the free dictionary. You cannot simply put a facsimile of a shakespearean quarto, with its strange typography and lack of annotations, in front of college sophomores and expect them to read and understand it. Fourthly, it legalized the application of future community regulations to. Quarto definition and meaning collins english dictionary. Noting the size of a book in which a sheet makes four leaves. Mainly abridged from the latest edition of the quarto dictionary of noah webster, as revised by chauncey a. Bestselling books are not usually published as quartos.
Change your default dictionary to american english. Quarto noun meaning, pronunciation and more by macmillan dictionary. A quarto is formed when a full sheet of paper is folded in fourths, creating eight pages. Lewis 1891 an elementary latin dictionary, new york. A folio is an old fashioned kind of book, typically made of large folded sheets of paper. A format is the number of times the printed sheet has been folded to make the leaves of a book, e. Each printed page presents as onefourth size of the full blanksheet. Information about quarto in the dictionary, synonyms and antonyms. The term quarto refers to the size of paper many of shakespeares plays were originally printed on. Eighteen, or half, of the plays in the first folio were printed separately as quartos. See definition in dictionary book containing lists of words with similar meanings. Definition of quarto noun in oxford advanced learners dictionary. Other common book formats are quarto and octavo, which are both also printing formats. A folio is folded once creating two leaves, while a quarto is folded twice making four leaves.
From longman dictionary of contemporary englishquartoquar. Quarto financial definition of quarto financial dictionary. Quarto is a book or pamphlet produced from full blanksheets, each of which is printed with. Definition and synonyms of quarto from the online english dictionary from macmillan education. With reverso you can find the english translation, definition or synonym for quarto and thousands of other words. Foolscap quarto definition and meaning collins dictionary. Quarto noun definition and synonyms macmillan dictionary. Quartos were about half the size of folios, and cheaper to produce. To make a book, the printer takes a sheet of paper and folds and cuts it a number of times to produce different sized leaves. You can complete the definition of quarto given by the english definition dictionary with other english dictionaries. Fourth meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. If you look up love in collins english dictionary, you will find the word defined as an intense emotion of affection, warmth, fondness, and regard towards a. Thirdly, folio is also used as an approximate term for a size of book, typically about 15 inches 38 cm tall, and as such does not necessarily indicate the actual printing format of the books, which may even be unknown as is the case for many modern books. This is the day of appearance given ex gracia curiae.