quarto

[US]/'kwɔːtəʊ/
[UK]/'kwɔrto/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. quarto
Quarto refers to a size of book, also known as a quarto-sized book.
Word Forms
Pluralquartos

Phrases & Collocations

quarto size

quarto edition

quarto format

Example Sentences

different readings in the folios and quartos of Shakespeare

Empregada : O senhor quer um quarto individual ou de casal ?

Our main leading products of printing machines include sexto offset press, sexto numbering offset press, sexto two-color offset press, quarto offset press and other types;

The book is in quarto size.

He prefers to read quarto editions of classic literature.

The printer is producing a quarto of Shakespeare's plays.

She bought a quarto notebook for her studies.

The library has a collection of quarto manuscripts.

The magazine is available in both quarto and tabloid formats.

The publisher decided to release a quarto edition of the novel.

I found a rare quarto printing of the poem at the bookstore.

The professor referenced a quarto edition of the play in his lecture.

The quarto format allows for larger pages and clearer text.

Real-world Examples

In France I had published a two-volume work, in quarto, entitled The Mysteries of the Great Ocean Depths.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

Often has my heart ached with regret for those quartos.

Source: Essays on the Four Seasons

The account of the French taxes, which takes up three volumes in quarto, may be regarded as perfectly authentic.

Source: The Wealth of Nations (Part Five)

In France I had published a two–volume work, in quarto, entitled The Mysteries of the Great Ocean Depths.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

The author of a two-volume work, in quarto, on The Mysteries of the Great Ocean Depths has no excuse for not setting sail with Commander Farragut.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

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.

Source: Brave New World

'I suppose they are those heavy ones, sir, ' said Oliver, pointing to some large quartos, with a good deal of gilding about the binding.

Source: Oliver Twist (Original Version)

The author of a two–volume work, in quarto, on The Mysteries of the Great Ocean Depths has no excuse for not setting sail with Commander Farragut.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

What was the good of all this fuss about an old quarto, bound in rough calf, a yellow, faded volume, with a ragged seal depending from it?

Source: The Journey to the Heart of the Earth

He welcomed wet days because on them he could stay at home without pangs of conscience and spend the afternoon with white of egg and a glue-pot, patching up the Russia leather of some battered quarto.

Source: The Shackles of Life (Part One)

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