quarto
Twice-folded book size
Quarto refers to a book or page size created by folding a standard printer's sheet twice, producing four leaves (eight pages).
The term comes from the Latin for "fourth." In discussions of early printed books, especially Shakespeare's plays, quarto editions are distinguished from the larger folio format.
The first quarto of Hamlet appeared in 1603.
Quarto can also describe any book of roughly this size, typically around 9 by 12 inches.
Single-fold page format
- octavoBook size, eight leaves
- duodecimoBook format, twelve leaves
- signatureHandwritten name for verification
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
quire · quaternion · leaf · recto · verso · pagination · dimensions · trim
Legally or morally required
- spineColumn of vertebrae
- coverProtect by overlaying
- hardcoverRigid-bound book format
- leatherTanned animal skin
cloth · sewn · stitching · gathering · endpaper · headband · hinge · gilt
Earliest European printed books
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- collectorOne who gathers items
- auctionCompetitive public sale
- provenanceRecord of ownership
manuscript · illuminated · vellum · parchment · library · archive · facsimile · bibliophile
Printing from raised surfaces
- typesettingArranging text for print
- pressApply force downward
- proofDemonstration of truth
- inkWriting fluid
imposition · offset · lithography · plate · compositor · chase · quoin · colophon
folio
Single-fold page format
- octavoBook size, eight leaves
- duodecimoBook format, twelve leaves
- signatureHandwritten name for verification
gathering · quire · quaternion · leaf · recto · verso · pagination · dimensions · trim · size
binding
Legally or morally required
leather · cloth · sewn · stitching · gathering · endpaper · headband · hinge · gilt · embossed
incunabula
Earliest European printed books
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- collectorOne who gathers items
- auctionCompetitive public sale
provenance · manuscript · illuminated · vellum · parchment · library · archive · facsimile · bibliophile · catalog
letterpress
Printing from raised surfaces
- typesettingArranging text for print
- pressApply force downward
- proofDemonstration of truth
ink · imposition · offset · lithography · plate · compositor · chase · quoin · colophon · incunabula
- ShakespeareRomeo, Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello
- book termsfolio, octavo, duodecimo, page, leaf
- book collectingbibliophiles, first editions, rare books, first edition, antiquarian
- book sizespaperback, hardcover, pocket, folio, octavo
- coffee table bookscoffee table books, coffee table book, art book, art books, photo book
- Early Modern TextsKing James Bible, Paradise Lost, Don Quixote, Hamlet, Macbeth
quartooctavo
Book size, eight leaves
duodecimo · folio · pocket edition · miniature book · broadside
- Monday-morning quarterbackOne who criticizes past decisions
- first quarterMoon half-visible, growing
- one quarterSingle part of four
- quarter mile1,320 feet exactly
- quarter pastTime notation for :15
- fourth quarterLast of four segments
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