quarto

Definitions

1. 1.Having four leaves to the sheet; of the form or size of a quarto.
2. 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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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