Translations for quarto in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

quarto <pl quartos> [Brit ˈkwɔːtəʊ, Am ˈkwɔrdoʊ] N

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quarto

bound in quarto

relié in-quarto

bound in quarto attr size, book

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Albumen receives a pardon from the prime minister in a foolscap envelope, on quarto parchment, handwritten with ink made from soot and cold tea. en.wikipedia.org

It appeared in 1795 in quarto or octavo format, profusely illustrated (in 12 volumes); an abridgement (1798) spread his system more widely among the reading public. en.wikipedia.org

The book contains 352 paper leaves in the quarto format, and its original size was probably 225 by 170 millimetres. en.wikipedia.org

The quarto's title-page states that the play had been sundry times publicly acted before publication. en.wikipedia.org

For example, bibliographers call a book printed as a quarto (four leaves per full sheet), but bound in gatherings of 8 leaves each, a quarto in 8s. en.wikipedia.org

Bridges's manuscripts fill thirty folio volumes, with five quarto volumes of descriptions of churches collected for him and four similar volumes in his own handwriting. en.wikipedia.org

The play is full of seeming discontinuities and irregularities of action, except in the bad quarto. en.wikipedia.org

Other instruments include shack-shack (a tin can with beads inside), baha (a blown metal pipe), triangle, fife, guitar and quarto. en.wikipedia.org

All have a standard format of crown quarto wrapper enclosing a trimmed folded sheet. en.wikipedia.org

The double cast lists included in the 1623 quarto suggest a revival around 1619. en.wikipedia.org

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