Quarto (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural quar·tos.
  1. a book size of about 9½ × 12 inches (24 × 30 centimeters), determined by folding printed sheets twice to form four leaves or eight pages. Symbols: 4to, 4°
  2. a book of this size.
adjective
  1. bound in quarto.
noun plural -tos
  1. a book size resulting from folding a sheet of paper, usually crown or demy, into four leaves or eight pages, each one quarter the size of the sheet
  2. (formerly) a size of cut paper 10 in. by 8 in. (25.4 cm by 20.3 cm)
Quarto (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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