What does "quarto" mean?
Quarto: Having four leaves to the sheet; of the form or size of a quarto.
Additional senses
- 2.Originally, a book of the size of the fourth of sheet of printing paper; a size leaves; in present usage, a book of a square or nearly square form, and usually of large size.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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