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quarto
This term is primarily used in bibliography and the study of rare books. It describes a specific physical format where a sheet of paper is folded twice, creating four leaves (eight pages). In a modern context, it is most frequently encountered when discussing early printed editions of literature, particularly the First Folio and various early versions of Shakespeare's plays.
When used as a noun to describe a specific book, it functions as a countable noun. However, when referring to the general format or size of the page, it often functions as an uncountable descriptor of a printing standard.
Meanings
Examples
The printer folded the sheets into quarto size.
I prefer the portability of a quarto over a larger folio.
The library archives contain several seventeenth century quartos.
It looks like a standard quarto from that era.