Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—Q

Quarto

A book half the size of folio —i.e. where each sheet is folded into quarters or four leaves. 4to is the contraction. (The Italian, libro in quarto; French, in quarto; from Latin quartus.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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