noun
- plural of quarto; books or pages having a size determined by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves
Usage: printing; bookbinding
Examples
- The library’s rare book collection includes several Shakespeare quartos from the 17th century.
- These quartos are valuable because they represent early editions of the plays.
- The printer specialized in producing quartos for academic publications.
- Collectors often seek out first-edition quartos of classic literature.
- The bookshelf held a mix of folios, quartos, and octavos.
- Several quartos were damaged in the flood and required restoration.