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Recent Examples of quarto
The poem was published in Shakespeare’s 1609 quarto of 154 sonnets, which wasn’t widely popular in its day.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
Packaged as popular entertainment, quartos weren’t meant to last.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023
The others, often differing in numerous details, first appeared in the 1590s and early 1600s as cheap pamphlets called quartos.
—Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2023
The chapter on beef, pork and lamb dishes focuses on affordable cuts of meat and includes a little history lesson about the quinto quarto.
—oregonlive, 21 Apr. 2023
The Bard’s 1609 quarto of poetry defined a new genre—Shakespearean sonnets—that continues to inspire poets today.
—Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2020
A couple of these men, John Heminges and Henry Condell, come up with the wild idea to publish all of Shakespeare’s scripts in a handsome bound folio rather than the cheap unauthorized quartos then available.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 25 July 2017
In the twelve untitled poems that ran on quarto-size pages, scattered with varied-length ellipses, his long lines expand and contract between the margins like the steady crash of waves.
—Jeffrey Yang, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2017
Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
Packaged as popular entertainment, quartos weren’t meant to last.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023
The others, often differing in numerous details, first appeared in the 1590s and early 1600s as cheap pamphlets called quartos.
—Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2023
The chapter on beef, pork and lamb dishes focuses on affordable cuts of meat and includes a little history lesson about the quinto quarto.
—oregonlive, 21 Apr. 2023
The Bard’s 1609 quarto of poetry defined a new genre—Shakespearean sonnets—that continues to inspire poets today.
—Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2020
A couple of these men, John Heminges and Henry Condell, come up with the wild idea to publish all of Shakespeare’s scripts in a handsome bound folio rather than the cheap unauthorized quartos then available.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 25 July 2017
In the twelve untitled poems that ran on quarto-size pages, scattered with varied-length ellipses, his long lines expand and contract between the margins like the steady crash of waves.
—Jeffrey Yang, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarto
Noun
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Sotheby’s has announced that a complete set of all four folios will be auctioned on May 23rd.—
Lorraine Berry,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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In Medieval Latin, folio (ablative of folium) was used to refer to a leaf of paper.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
Noun
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The Experiment, paperbound, 2014).—
Jessica Wapner,
Scientific American,
16 Nov. 2020
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As the first nodes of the internet were being wired together, the Catalog became a paperbound search engine.—
Fred Turner,
Harper's magazine,
10 Jan. 2019
Noun
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Best E-reader Amazon Kindle (2024) $110 at Amazon Nothing is more decadent for a beach day than a good book, but packing paperbacks or hardbacks just isn’t practical for me.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
28 May 2025
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His most recent novel, Klara and the Sun was a number one Sunday Times bestseller in both hardback and paperback.—
Kazuo Ishiguro
May 5,
Literary Hub,
5 May 2025
Noun
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Her new novel, Villa E, about Modernist Irish designer Eileen Gray, has just come out in paperback.—
Jane Alison
June 17,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2025
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Will be available in paperback or digitally via Amazon .—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
12 June 2025
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“Quarto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarto. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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