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| has gloss | (noun) the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves 4to, quarto |
| has gloss | eng: Quarto (abbreviated 4to or 4°) is a technical term describing the format of a book, which refers to the size of leaves produced from folding a full sheet of paper on which multiple pages of text were printed to form the individual sections (or gatherings) of a book. A quarto is a book or pamphlet made up of one or more full sheets of paper on which 8 pages of text were printed, which were then folded two times to produce four leaves. Each leaf of a quarto book thus represents one fourth the size of the original sheet. Other common book formats are folios and octavos. The earliest known European printed book is a quarto, the Sibyllenbuch, believed to have been printed by Gutenberg in 1452-53, before the Gutenberg Bible, surviving only as a fragment. Quarto is also used as a general description of size of books that are about 12 inches tall, and as such does not necessarily indicate the actual printing format of the books, which may even be unknown as is the case for many modern books. These terms are discussed in greater detail in Book sizes. |
| lexicalization | eng: 4to |
| lexicalization | eng: Quarto |
| subclass of | (noun) the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing); "he wears a size 13 shoe" size |
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| Catalan | |
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| lexicalization | cat: quart |
| Czech | |
| lexicalization | ces: čtvrtina gallonu |
| German | |
| has gloss | deu: Quarto (von lat. quartus - der Vierte, Plural Quartos) bezeichnet in der Bibliothekswesen ein historisches Buchformat (andere Formate siehe dort). Der Name bezieht sich darauf, wie oft ein Blatt Papier gefaltet wurde, um die Seiten eines Buches zu bilden. Bei Quartos wurde das Blatt zweimal gefaltet und bildete somit vier Blätter. Daraus ergaben sich acht Seiten, da die Blätter beidseitig bedruckt wurden. |
| lexicalization | deu: Quarto |
| lexicalization | deu: Quartformat |
| Esperanto | |
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| lexicalization | epo: kvarto1 |
| French | |
| has gloss | fra: L’in-quarto, également noté in-4°, est une forme de livre où la feuille imprimée a été pliée deux fois (une dans chaque direction), donnant ainsi quatre feuillets soit huit pages. Lin-quarto est plus ou moins grand, selon létendue de la feuille. |
| lexicalization | fra: In quarto |
| lexicalization | fra: in-quarto |
| lexicalization | fra: Inquarto |
| Armenian | |
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| lexicalization | hye: թերթի քառորդը |
| lexicalization | hye: քառորդ ֆորմատի գիրք |
| Indonesian | |
| lexicalization | ind: kwarto |
| Italian | |
| has gloss | ita: Per In quarto (o anche in 4°) si intende, in editoria, un formato del libro antico. Un In quarto si otteneva da due piegature di un foglio intero: una prima piegatura veniva effettuata sul lato minore, la seconda su quello maggiore. La filigrana si trovava nella parte centrale vicino alla piegatura. Si otteneva così quattro carte (o otto pagine). I filoni erano orizzontali. |
| lexicalization | ita: In quarto |
| Korean | |
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| lexicalization | kor: 4절판의 책 |
| lexicalization | kor: 4절판의 |
| lexicalization | kor: 4절판 |
| Swedish | |
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| lexicalization | swe: kvartsformat |
| Turkish | |
| lexicalization | tur: dört yapraklý forma |
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| similar | e/4to |
| similar | e/Quarto |
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| media:img | MND title page.jpg |
| media:img | Merchant venice tp.jpg |
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