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quarto         
  • Quarto metrics compared to the folio and octavo.
PAPER FORMAT
Quarto (book); 4to; Quarto (text); In quarto; Royal quarto
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(abbrev.: 4to)
¦ noun (plural quartos) a page or paper size resulting from folding a sheet into four leaves, typically 10 inches . 8 inches (254 . 203 mm).
?a book of this size.
Origin
C16: from L. (in) quarto '(in) the fourth (of a sheet)', ablative of quartus 'fourth'.
Quarto         
  • Quarto metrics compared to the folio and octavo.
PAPER FORMAT
Quarto (book); 4to; Quarto (text); In quarto; Royal quarto
·adj Having four leaves to the sheet; of the form or size of a quarto.
II. Quarto ·noun 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.
4to         
  • Quarto metrics compared to the folio and octavo.
PAPER FORMAT
Quarto (book); 4to; Quarto (text); In quarto; Royal quarto
¦ abbreviation quarto.

Wikipedia

Quarto
thumb|right|Title page of the first quarto edition of Shakespeare's [[Midsummer Night's Dream, 1600, from the Folger Shakespeare Library]]
Examples of use of quarto
1. Two to three players are pitted against each other according to their age groups in five games, namely, Pylos, Goblet, Quarto, Quorridor and Quixo.