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What is a quarto?

What is a quarto? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (paper) A size of paper (7.5"-10" x 10"-12.5")(190-254 x 254-312 mm). Formed by folding and cutting one of several standard sizes of paper (15"-20" x 20"-25")(381-508 x 508-635 mm) twice to form 4 leaves (eight sides).
    1. (Britain) Quarto writing paper (10 inches x 8 inches)
  2. (printing) A book size, corresponding to the paper size.
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Scott's long narrative poem Marmion was published in late February 1808 as a luxurious quarto, costing a guinea and a half.
The book is a moderate quarto, in Spanish, written in a very legible hand, but a little damaged towards the latter end.
The Folio text adds some passages not in the second quarto, and omits others.
Nos.1 to 5 and No.7 are crown quarto in size with a 2-colour titled card cover.
Ostovich, like Miola, differs from Herford and Simpson in going back to the quarto.
One is struck by the impact that such a slim volume, in quarto, has had on the world.

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