英语词汇“quarto”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

For the time being, however, the guardians of usage frown very deeply on anyone writing “quarto’s”. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

Thus: quarto's and/olio's, not to mention logo's, pasta's, ouzo's and banana's. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

However, demand was fully re-established in the decade 1600-1609, and not just for the new more complex commentaries such as that of Clavius, published in fat quartos, but also for cheap octavo editions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Between the rose bowls the books were duly set out—a row of nursery quartos opened invitingly each at some gaily coloured image of beast or fish or bird. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor should we assume that Shakespeare's quartos represent "pure", unadulterated texts. Who edited Shakespeare? 2013-07-12T13:00:01Z

While sifting through details of how in the course of history someone passed on an obscure quarto edition to someone else, it is hard not to think that the curse is on the reader. That Man From Stratford 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z

What is this “bad” quarto, billed less pejoratively here as the “first” quarto? Hamlet’s ‘bad’ self and Kafka’s bug, on compact stages 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z

On the other hand, it is possible that Shakespeare made changes to his plays after their quarto publication. Who edited Shakespeare? 2013-07-12T13:00:01Z

The Folio changes the quarto's "swiftly" to "stiffely", a word never used elsewhere by Shakespeare but familiar to Florio, who uses it four times. Who edited Shakespeare? 2013-07-12T13:00:01Z

Our knowledge of changes made to the quartos, as well as Florio's treatment of Boccaccio and Montaigne, suggests that there is a strong chance that they were. Who edited Shakespeare? 2013-07-12T13:00:01Z

Some of the plays were printed individually while the Bard was alive, in small editions called quartos, apparently without his permission. ‘The Millionaire and the Bard,’ by Andrea Mays 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

While with plays such as Hamlet, Othello and King Lear we can compare the Folio against the quarto, for other plays – such as Antony and Cleopatra, The Tempest and Macbeth – we cannot. Who edited Shakespeare? 2013-07-12T13:00:01Z

Most editors of “Hamlet,” for instance, silently translate “porpentine” to “porcupine” without incurring outrage, though whether the porcupine is “fretful” or “fearful” depends on whether you follow the folio or the second quarto. Why We (Mostly) Stopped Messing With Shakespeare’s Language 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

Without the Folio, Shakespeare's plays – scattered around in playscripts or in smaller quarto editions – might have been lost to posterity. Who edited Shakespeare? 2013-07-12T13:00:01Z

Or the notion that McCartney might very well have gleaned the phrase "let it be" from Shakespeare's "Hamlet" — but mercifully, not from the bad quarto, it turns out. Paul McCartney’s “The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present”: A visual feast, if flawed, for Beatles fans 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z

During his lifetime, quartos, small hand-held books sold on the street like paperbacks, were published, without his permission or approval, in pirated editions. The Algorithm That Could Take Us Inside Shakespeare’s Mind 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

In the First Quarto, sometimes called the “bad quarto,” the famous “To be, or not to be” speech begins this way: The Algorithm That Could Take Us Inside Shakespeare’s Mind 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

There is no reason to assume, of course, that Florio was responsible for every change made between quarto and Folio. Who edited Shakespeare? 2013-07-12T13:00:01Z

And in Henry VI, Part Two, the Folio version has the King enter "on the Tarras", a somewhat redundant elaboration on the King's entrance in the quarto. Who edited Shakespeare? 2013-07-12T13:00:01Z

Before then, only 18 had been printed, in small paperback editions known as quartos. David Tennant celebrates 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z

“The Hamlet in particular is an interesting artifact,” he said, “since certain passages were omitted from the performance, and marked typographically in the quarto.” Charlton Heston's rare Shakespeare collection to go up for auction 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

“Hamlet Q1 ” A presentation by Taffety Punk Theatre Company, the “bad quarto,” or first printing, of Hamlet, half as long and far less poetic than the familiar “Hamlet.” D.C. community calendar, May 7-14, 2015 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z

“Hamlet, The First Quarto” Taffety Punk Theatre Company performs the first version of “Hamlet,” which is shorter and called “the bad quarto” by scholars. Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, April 30-May 6, 2015 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z

And it's lovely to look at the facsimile of the 1609 quarto while listening to the sonnets. O! that Shakespeare could have downloaded this app 2012-07-07T23:04:03Z

In 1876 the cheap "quarto libraries" were started, reprinting an entire English novel, though on poor paper and often in dangerously poor type, for 10, 15, or 20 cents. Copyright: Its History and Its Law 2012-04-23T02:00:25.937Z

The Acts of this single session—the first of Mr. Griffith's Premiership—extended over 405 pages of the then quarto Statute-book. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z

This appeared in April, 1517, in a quarto of twenty pages. Against War 2012-04-21T02:00:21.397Z

I read from the quarto, graciously given me by Dr. Bancroft. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z

In 1808, when she was only fourteen, a quarto volume of her Juvenile Poems, was published by subscription, and was harshly criticized in the Monthly Review. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z

These quartos gradually gave way to the "pocket edition," in more convenient shape, but not always in better print, at 20 or 25 cents. Copyright: Its History and Its Law 2012-04-23T02:00:25.937Z

—In some of the early quarto editions of Spenser, in the "Shepherd's Calender," June, there is a stanza which in almost all the subsequent folio editions is omitted. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 111, December 13, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-08T02:00:23.437Z

Suddenly, she got to her feet, unrolled the last quarto, and placed the cover over the machine. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z

A sufficient number of wooden presses, pressing boards in folio, quarto, and octavo, with the screw key, as well as the press jack belonging thereto, must be conveniently placed. Practical Bookbinding 2012-04-02T02:00:23.047Z

The action disclosed a thick quarto volume bound in blue leather, sprinkled on the sides with silver butterflies, and stamped with the arms of Audley. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z

Major-General Forlong, of the British army, has also fully presented this subject in his recent quarto in two volumes, entitled Rivers of Life; or, Sources and Streams of the Faiths of Man in all Lands. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z

—Paul Hoste, a Jesuit, published early in the seventeenth century a small quarto with diagrams on "Breaking the Line," so much discussed, as being first done in Rodney's action. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 111, December 13, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-08T02:00:23.437Z

The English quarto, like the Dutch, also gave rise in time to a call for a cheap abridgment, and it appeared in 1639, as “The Most delectable history of Reynard the Fox.” The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z

The bands are also stretched upon the sewing frame; for folio, at least six are used, and for quarto not less than four. Practical Bookbinding 2012-04-02T02:00:23.047Z

A well-written description of the battle, together with a journal of Bouquet’s expedition of the succeeding year, was published in a thin quarto, with illustrations from the pencil of West. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z

Unless where otherwise stated the following variations are from the quarto of 1640, the title-page of which runs thus:— Rule a Wife | And have a Wife. Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10): The Loyal Subject 2012-03-26T02:00:33.817Z

The "Comprehensive Family and Pulpit Bible," containing the largest number of parallel references and illustrative notes ever published, is kept, of various quarto sizes, bound up with Family Registers, in plain and sumptuous bindings. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 111, December 13, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-08T02:00:23.437Z

I shall bring his two quartos back with me, and will point out numberless mistakes; but there are many excellent things in them. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z

His next publication was "The Excursion, being a portion of The Recluse," printed in quarto in the autumn of 1814. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z

He also procured transcripts of ancient Welsh poetry, amounting to fifty volumes, quarto, which invaluable collection is now deposited in the Cymmrodorion Library, in London. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z

They are principally thin quartos, and the actual expense of reprinting them could not be heavy. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 107, November 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-15T02:00:34.113Z

During the seven years immediately preceding the repeal, matter sufficient to fill a thousand quarto volumes was printed in Great Britain on the Corn Laws. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z

Special Holiday Editions Each one volume, cloth decorative, small quarto, $1.25. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z

Mr. Bowles became a poet in print in his twenty-seventh year—publishing in 1789 a very small volume in quarto, with the very modest title of "Fourteen Sonnets." Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z

Among his numerous works, several of which have been translated into German, is a valuable “History of Monmouthshire,” in two volumes, quarto. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z

This work, with supplements, comprises six quarto volumes with more than 200 plates drawn on stone by the author. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z

He published a “Translation of Demosthenes,” “The History of Philip of Macedon,” and “The History of Ireland” in three volumes, quarto. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z

In 1887 Dana revisited the Hawaiian Islands, and the results of his further investigations were published in a quarto volume in 1890, entitled Characteristics of Volcanoes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z

There is abundant evidence that this edition was Pope's own just as much as the quartos, as was also a prior edition of the same small shape of 1736. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 102, October 11, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-07T03:00:08.550Z

All his works were collected and published by his widow, in six volumes, quarto. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z

"Why, they are Shakespeare quartos!" he almost shouted, and then stopped suddenly. The Unpublishable Memoirs 2012-02-03T03:00:18.447Z

The preface to one of the quartos of 1609 classes it with the comedies, and the prologue inclines that way. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z

Yet 'tis very pleasant nonsense, and though it keeps him out of bed o' nights, he may yet draw good from it--ay, and more good than from quartos of philosophy. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z

This first volume contains not only nearly the whole of M. Didron's quarto; but also between 100 and 150 wood-cuts from the original blocks. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 102, October 11, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-07T03:00:08.550Z

His works, which are of high Calvinistic principles, are very numerous, amounting to seven folio, twenty quarto, and thirty octavo volumes. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z

The Journal of 1864 is a quarto volume, with a full page for every day. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z

In 1602 "The Revenge of Hamlet" was entered in the Stationers' Register; and the first quarto, a pirated and very corrupt edition, appeared in the following year. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z

The acts of the national assembly fill eight large quartos; the decrees issued by the national assembly fill twenty-three. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z

Fuseli entered into an animated correspondence on this subject; gave him to understand, that the quarto size best pleased the British public; and expressed his own decided opinion against "ponderous folios." The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z

Being obliged for some cause to leave the kingdom, he travelled in Italy; and on his return to England, he published a “History” p. 66of that country, in 1549, quarto. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z

A syllabus of his course of lectures was published by Young in 1802, but it was not till 1807 that the complete course of sixty lectures was published in two quarto volumes. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z

The problems of the relations of these two quarto plays to the folio texts are among the most puzzling encountered by Shakespearean scholars. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z

The wholexix of these belong exclusively to our illustrated quarto edition, and the impressions taken have been strictly limited thereto, and a very few for my own gift-use. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z

We cannot even rely on the printed date of a quarto. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z

He published a large quarto Welsh Bible in 1770, with copious notes, which has gone through two subsequent editions. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z

An octavo edition, similar in letterpress to the original quarto one, but with some slight omissions or differences in the text and in the general map, was published in Dublin in 1796. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z

—I have two old quarto tracts, of eight pages each, printed, as seems both by the type and by an allusion contained in one of them, between 1520 and 1530, or thereabouts. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 96, August 30, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-26T03:00:11Z

The illustration, engraved by Mesager, is reproduced in our illustrated quarto edition. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z

At a quarter after nine, Mr. Carlile entered the Courts He was preceded by two friends, who placed on the table an immense pyramid of books, in folio, quarto, octavo, and duodecimo. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z

The annoyance is not great when the change is from a large quarto to an octavo, for the cost of binding an octavo is considerably less than that of a quarto. Library Bookbinding 2011-12-24T03:07:58.950Z

This new edition is a reprint of the quarto edition of 1795. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z

The Bishop of Calahorra, Don Alphonso de Castilla, having read this treatise, had it printed in quarto, and sent it to the priests in his diocese, with a pastoral letter, in 1529. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z

Our text is that of 1652, as before, and its engraving here, is reproduced in our illustrated quarto edition. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z

The quartos and folios are governed by identical rules, and hence in the trade the sizes of books are very numerous. Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs 2011-12-21T03:00:41.820Z

Unlike most other party writers who confined their efforts to a few folio pages, L'Estrange sustained his performance through 38 quarto leaves of readable, entertaining prose. Citt and Bumpkin (1680) 2011-12-21T03:00:27.683Z

The volume consists of 63 small quarto leaves, and has the queen's initials K. P. embroidered within an ornamental border of gold and silver thread, on a ground of blue corded silk. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z

The only sign of novelty he noticed was the use of scented paper, for a faint and pungent aroma clung to the big quarto sheet. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z

In our illustrated quarto edition will be found a pathetic and daintily-rendered illustration, done expressly for us by Mrs. Blackburn of Glasgow, and engraved by W.J. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z

An excellent quarto translation of his twelve books on Husbandry, and one on Trees, was published at London, in 1745. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z

He first folds the sheets into a quarto or folio size with the greatest finesse, and takes fresh hold reading. Life Gleanings 2011-12-01T03:00:23.890Z

It is a volume of the early part of the fifteenth century, in small quarto, containing 224 leaves, and ornamented with very beautiful illuminated borders and exquisite drawings in camaieu gris. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z

The skeleton of the "Warren Mastodon" is described at length by Dr. J. C. Warren, in a quarto volume entitled "Mastodon Giganteus." Animals of the Past 2011-11-16T03:00:27.497Z

Our text is that of 1652, as before, and its engraving of the Saint's portrait, and French lines here, are reproduced in our illustrated quarto edition. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z

It is described as being in leather binding, in quarto. Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters 2011-11-16T03:00:25.713Z

The paper came out every Thursday, in one quarto sheet. The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century 2011-11-04T02:00:24.773Z

It is a MS. of the Acts of the Apostles, in quarto, consisting of 227 leaves, and containing the text in both Greek and Latin, in parallel columns. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z

The collection at Amherst comprises most of the types described by Professor E. Hitchcock in his "Ichnology of New England," a work in two fully illustrated quarto volumes. Animals of the Past 2011-11-16T03:00:27.497Z

Our text is that of 1652, and its engraving here is reproduced in our illustrated quarto edition. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z

It is a very characteristic production, and is printed in a thin quarto volume, prefaced by the following letter from Mr. Jefferson to Herbert Croft, LL.B., of London: Monticello, Oct. 30th, 1798. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z

The Italian government controls some 33 libraries, and the rules for loans fill 83 paragraphs and 18 pages quarto. Remarks on the practice and policy of lending Bodleian printed books and manuscripts 2011-10-27T02:00:27.377Z

A quarto volume was also found about the same time thrust in amongst other quartos in a shelf near the door, but the particulars of this case have been forgotten. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z

A quarto edition of this Engraving has been published, suitable to frame, which will be sent free by mail to any part of the country on the reception of the price. Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln 2011-10-24T02:00:19.173Z

In our illustrated quarto edition we reproduce the engraving here of 1652. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z

From penny tracts to quarto volumes, every thing must have pictures—the more the better—bad ones rather than none. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z

A large and beautifully presented quarto work, fully illustrated by thirty-six plates on fine art paper, comprising seven English and sixteen foreign organs, thirty-one portraits, and illustrations of the houses of Bach and Handel. The Influence of the Organ in History Inaugural Lecture of the Department of the Organ in the College of Music of Boston University 2011-10-20T02:00:26.947Z

It is a small quarto, containing 425 leaves of fine vellum, in excellent condition and well written, and ornamented with eleven rich paintings, besides occasional arabesque borders, &c. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z

Well-dressed also, but notably unlike the preceding, is the "Bonneville Paine," one of a celebrated series of two hundred engraved portraits, the publication of which in quarto volumes was begun in Paris in 1796. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z

The engraving of 1652 is reproduced in our illustrated quarto edition. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z

The quarto volume of 688 pages is accompanied by a portfolio of 86 maps, plans, and panoramic views. The Panama Canal and its Makers 2011-10-10T02:00:22.307Z

In April 1781 the second and third quartos of his History were published. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z

This is happily perfect; in size a small and thick quarto volume, written on very stout vellum, and containing 377 leaves. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z

Within a year or two after he was enrolled as a member of the Faculty, he produced his first quarto, Fragments of Scottish History. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 90, July 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-10-03T02:00:27.757Z

Its first number consisted of thirty-two pages in quarto. The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune 2011-10-03T02:00:24.600Z

His first published work was The Candidate, a poem, in quarto, which came into the world anonymously, in 1780, and was favourably received. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z

Meanwhile the publication of the Scriptores proper continues, although the thirty-first and subsequent volumes are in quarto and not in folio, and the number of volumes in the whole undertaking is continually being increased. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z

Besides the above-mentioned volumes, there are a large number of Holman's MSS. which are kept distinct, and which have been recently bound in fourteen folio volumes, eleven quarto, and five octavo. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z

Medium quarto with eighteen full-page Illustrations and many invaluable Charts and Records, bound in buckram, gilt top. 15s. net. Fifty Years of Golf 2011-09-14T02:00:50.627Z

“Milton,” the last of the published “Books of Prophecy,” produced in 1804, is a small quarto of forty-five printed pages, coloured by hand in the old radiant manner. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z

The first quarto has scabbard, all the later editions have pilcher, a word occurring nowhere else. Notes and Queries, Number 85, June 14, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-09-13T02:00:32.783Z

The success was instant, and, for a quarto, probably unprecedented. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z

There are altogether fifty-nine volumes in folio, forty-eight in quarto, and five in octavo, consisting chiefly of Willis' own collections for his various works, with much correspondence intermingled and a few older historical papers. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z

"It is a volume I have brought for Mistress Blanche," replied the Secretary, as, with some evident confusion, he produced a gilded quarto with clasps, from beneath his dress. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z

The book consists of eleven quarto pages, and appeared in 1793, just five years later than “Thel,” to whose mysterious and delicate beauty it has a shadowy relationship. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z

Mr. MacClean dug in the place indicated and found an oak box within which lay the bell and its shrine and beside them a worn copy of Bedell's quarto Irish Bible. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z

As printed by the legislature of Lower Canada, the documents produced filled two hundred and sixty-eight quarto pages. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z

Of this mission he published an account, in a quarto volume, in 1800. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z

The sentiments in the quotation just made remind one of Emerson's "Nature," the preface of Whitman to his first portentous quarto, "Leaves of Grass," and Wordsworth's essay on the nature of the poetic art. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z

The list of Gail’s published works filled 500 quarto pages of the introduction to his edition of Xenophon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z

Called on Lord Melbourne, and found him reading the Acts, with a quarto Greek Testament that belonged to Samuel Johnson.' Queen Victoria 2011-08-23T02:00:32.007Z

Not only in black-letter quartos was he interested, but also in the garden. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z

From time to time, huge folios and quartos were added to it by purchase or donation, from which nobody profited more than Franklin himself with his insatiable avidity for knowledge. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z

Britton, in 1820, devotes more than two large quarto pages—a great space for him—to ecstasies over it, and no doubt the taste of the time demanded undiluted admiration. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z

She also frequently visited an old-fashioned bookcase, on the top of which—it was very low—I often left some old worm-eaten folios and quartos, and may have occasionally picked up something there. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z

Mr. Newman's quarto volume on Theism, written in metre, is the greatest compendium of Theistical argument published in my time, and until Darwin wrote, no entirely conclusive answer was possible. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z

Let us approve the exit of the folio and the quarto, and applaud the modern tendency toward little and handy volumes. In the Track of the Bookworm 2011-07-19T02:00:23.543Z

On the title-page of the Genealogies will be found the design with the light A and dark A which is used on several of the Shakespeare quartos and elsewhere. The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z

The second quarto identifies the speakers, and, by a different phrasing with additional lines, both characterizes them and gives the scene atmosphere. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z

It is a quarto volume, arranged in quires of five sheets or ten leaves each, like Codex Marchalianus of the Prophets written in the sixth or seventh century and Cod. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z

In this way he collected two quarto volumes of poems, written in short hand of his own inventing. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z

Any one who has ever undertaken to read a huge quarto or folio will sympathize with this view. In the Track of the Bookworm 2011-07-19T02:00:23.543Z

My quarto edition of the same, 'Arts et Metiers', I give to the Library Company of Philadelphia. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z

The citation in the left-hand column from the first quarto Hamlet states the facts clearly enough, but wholly uncolored by the emotion of the speaker. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z

They are in quarto, with large square uncials of about sixteen lines on a page, and date from the sixth century. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z

Fifteen quarto plays the public already possessed; no one appears to have known how they had issued from the study of the poet, or the treasury of the theatre. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z

While the wedding-rings were being exchanged, Leibgeber in the choir took from his pocket a pair of scissors and a quarto sheet of black paper, and cut out a distant view of the bride's profile. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z

He left behind him two quarto volumes of manuscript, of his own poetry, consisting of fugitive pieces addressed to his friends. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z

The right-hand column shows the opening of the second quarto. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z

The volume is a large quarto, the Latin and Greek in parallel columns on the same page, the Greek standing on the left; its uncials are coarse, large, and thick, not unlike those in Cod. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z

As the reprint became subject to their negligence, these first editions were appreciated by Capel and Malone as manuscripts, and by these quarto plays they corrected the text of the folio volume. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z

Mr. Thornton, whom I had expected to find groaning on his couch, was standing on the top of a high flight of steps, reaching down heavy quartos. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z

Cave, it seems, judged rightly for his profession; for, by the additions that arrived afterward, they swelled to a quarto volume; which has had five editions, and cost him nothing for copy-money. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z

The left-hand column gives the opening lines of the first quarto, Hamlet. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z

He calls it a quarto, 400 years old. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z

The mystifying republication of these fifteen quarto plays is a piece of literary history of no common occurrence. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z

Cave, it seems, judged rightly for his profit, for, by the additions that arrived afterward, they swelled to a quarto volume, which has had five editions, and cost him nothing for copy money. Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) 2011-05-20T02:00:26.573Z

The initial volume of this important national publication, profusely illustrated with engravings from drawings by Captain Eastman, of the Army, has lately been issued in a very large and splendid quarto, by Lippincott. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z

A second quotation from Hamlet in the two quartos illustrates the same point even better. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z

Sixteen quarto volumes were issued, five of narrative and eleven of a scientific character, while other parts were unfortunately destroyed by fire. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z

It is quite obvious that the first proprietors of the quarto plays could never have acquired such complete copies without either Shakespeare or his company having furnished them. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z

He left behind him two quarto volumes, in manuscript, of his own poetry, consisting of little occasional pieces addressed to his friends and relations, of which the following, sent to me, is a specimen. Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) 2011-05-20T02:00:26.573Z

Next year however the Book of Ahania came out—if one may say as much of a quarto of six leaves which has hardly yet emerged into sight of two or three readers. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z

In these parallel passages from the two quartos of Hamlet, is not the right-hand column, with its mingling of rapidly exchanged speech and description, much more vivid and moving? Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z

Here it may be well to notice a variation between the first quarto and the following editions of Hamlet, the only one in which the time is changed. Time in the Play of Hamlet 2011-05-02T02:00:16.887Z

This quarto pamphlet is highly valued among collectors for Loggan’s beautiful print of Charles the Second, Archbishop Shelden, and General Monk. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z

Each department presents its estimates in a huge quarto volume, "crammed with figures and minute entries of moneys wanted for the forthcoming year." Congressional Government A Study in American Politics 2011-04-15T02:00:18.863Z

The next is the Miscellaneous Poems of 1772, a handsome quarto, published by subscription. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z

However, the separate publication of the two poems in a quarto of 1720 is a wholly unrecorded fact, and important to bibliographers. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z

It was a small quarto, bound in sheepskin, with corners and back of untanned leather. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z

Dr. Shaw’s three goodly quartos, however, long conveyed in some shape to the English public the Baconian philosophy. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z

The results of his labours were published in two large quarto volumes, entitled A Voyage to Terra Australis, with a folio volume of maps. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z

This edition was, succeeded by many others, particularly one at Venice in 1595, quarto, of which Palladio, the great architect, took charge. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z

Yet since the poet's death—and this shows how little anybody reads Congreve—the contents of Mr. Wise's quarto have appeared in each successive edition of the Poems. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z

In Convenience of Form.—No ponderous quartos, crowded with fine type that strains the eyes and wearies the brain, are here presented. My Cave Life in Vicksburg With Letters of Trial and Travel 2011-03-30T02:00:13.113Z

This is a quarto volume abounding with recondite researches and many fancies. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z

Then came Pollux back with his two quarto leaves, and now set himself at once to his lesson. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z

The most recent English translation is that by the author above quoted—1806, two volumes quarto. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z

Do you not know, Margaret. . . . all the fine things that I could say, and that quartos have said before me, about the association of ideas and sensations, &c.? Leonora 2011-03-22T02:00:21.627Z

He caused a little quarto book to be made, containing some score or so of leaves, and with pen and pencil proceeded to fill and embellish it. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z

Cave, it seems, judged rightly for his profit, for by the additions that arrived afterward they swell'd, to a quarto volume, which has had five editions, and cost him nothing for copy-money. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z

A handsome small quarto was the result, and the revival of old-faced type proved a great success. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z

His works, if printed in their completeness, would occupy from 60 to 80 quarto volumes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z

A monumental and sumptuous work of 14 quarto volumes, describing in great detail all the known trees of North America and their woods, with beautiful line drawings of leaves and fruits. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z

The simplest explanation of the double ascription in the quarto of 1634 is to suppose that Shakspere helped Fletcher in some way. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z

The title page of the quarto is as follows: The | Coronation | A Comedy. Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (8 of 10) The Womans Prize; The Island Princess; The Noble Gentleman; The Coronation; The Coxcomb 2011-02-19T03:01:07.890Z

Of these he issued countless editions in small quarto, along with a comparatively few small folios, in which, however, his skill as a printer is seen to better advantage. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z

This play, first printed in quarto, 1705, was written when the author was only thirteen years of age. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z

One handsome small quarto volume, bound in cloth, with emblematic cover designs. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z

It went through four editions in quarto in the seventeenth century, a fact which testifies to its immediate popularity. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z

Probably recomposed from the quarto edition, with the same fount of type. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:34.387Z

As soon as a printer had learnt to print two folio pages together, it became easy to print four quarto pages, or eight octavo pages, or sixteen sextodecimo pages. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z

Proof copy of the first edition, most of which was printed in quarto. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z

The first printed edition, issued to secure copyright, was an undated quarto of twenty-seven pages. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 3 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:32.387Z

To our former notes of Mr. Justice Boulton, we add, that he was the author of a work in quarto published in London in 1806, entitled a "Sketch of the Province of Upper Canada." Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z

But I had to write about two quarto pages daily of this report, and put D 1 in the margin. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z

We find no other book to vie with this until we come to a much larger and more pretentious one, the works of Moli�re in six volumes, royal quarto, published in 1734. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z

An unusually large and entirely uncut copy of the first quarto edition. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z

Another proof copy, inlaid to quarto, and illustrated by the insertion of one hundred and twenty-six plates and an autograph letter of the author. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 3 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:32.387Z

At a later period, he published, at Toronto, a weekly paper in quarto shape, named the "Palladium." Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z

Altogether seventy-one lines have been cut out of the first scene, but the first quarto retains most of them. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

Carpenter evidently laid out money on the production of this quarto, with its frontispiece representing the Phaeton under sail off the peak of the Azores; and his expectations were not disappointed. Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z

The fruit of their joint work from 1895 to 1899 was six quarto volumes profusely illustrated by photographs which they had taken and by carefully executed charts of the various rivers which they had explored. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z

A quarto picture book with a lesson for every Sunday in the year. Betty's Battles an Everyday Story 2011-01-02T03:00:19.670Z

The U. E. Loyalist was a quarto sheet, well printed, with an engraved ornamental heading resembling that which surmounted the New York Albion. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z

With regard to the first quarto of “Hamlet,” and its probable history, something will be said later on. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

We have little record of his doings during that time, and the most significant part of it is to be found in a little quarto, privately printed, which details the performances of the Kilkenny Theatre. Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z

Two impressions, the quarto having possibly been completed by Schoeffer, arrived in England early in the summer of 1526, and were eagerly welcomed and bought. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z

After his handbook, King began producing big, voluptuous hardback quartos, often using the photographs he had assembled for his guide. | Rare Books About New York: Rare Books About New York 2010-10-14T23:19:00Z

Its shape varied from time to time: now it was a folio: now a quarto. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z

Among the early quartos, the two most interesting to the actor are the first and second editions of “Romeo and Juliet,” because they show how Shakespeare adapted his art to the stage of his time. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

Of this work I possess a copy, a quarto volume of 464 pages. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments

In the same way quartos are often found made up in eights, and on the other hand the use of a half-sheet produces a gathering of only two leaves. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z

Huge, just huge; an oblong quarto, 600-plus pages, and thus often in bad shape. | Rare Books About New York: Rare Books About New York 2010-10-14T23:19:00Z

When Fothergill was deprived of his office of King's Printer in 1825, he published for a time a quarto paper of his own, entitled the Palladium, composed of scientific, literary and general matter. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z

But it might be well here to call attention to the three stage-directions in this quarto, which have dropped out of all the subsequent editions, and which elucidate the context. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

These essays of Palmer's are each some three or four pages long, the page being that of a quarto book. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources

A second edition in folio, “newly oversene and corrected,” was printed by Nicolson, with English type, in 1537; and also in the same year, a third edition in quarto. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z

Other volumes of the same number and session are quarto.239.“Statutes at Large,” II., The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830

Bouchette's words as they stand in his quarto book, imply, in some degree, that 1794 was the year in which the Governor and his Rangers first came over from Niagara. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z

Herr Emile Devrient, the greatest exponent of the part of Hamlet in Germany, contended that this first quarto was a better constructed play than either the 1604 version or that of the folio. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

This early edition is in two massive quarto volumes, and the later abridgments that are now alone seen give no conception of the value of the original work. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources

In a quarto some pairs of leaves will have no watermark; in others it will be found divided by the fold of the paper. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z

In a treatise of eleven quarto pages, contained in his "Refutation of All Heresies," he riddled with merciless logic the vain pretensions of the Greek astrologers. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time

I, II, III, quarto, with 36 plates colored by hand from nature, and 853 original engravings. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies

And it is certain that, in several instances, the editors reprinted the plays from the earlier quarto impressions with but few changes, sometimes for the better, and sometimes for the worse. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

The work forms a quarto of two hundred and forty-six pages, and treats of a mass of matter necessary to the understanding of the language, but which is not elsewhere to be found. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851

As the great majority of books without printed signatures are in folio or quarto, 910 the sequence of watermarked and un-watermarked leaves, if carefully worked out, will mostly reveal the “make-up” of the successive gatherings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z

A Syrian work, called the Book of the Astrologers, has two quarto pages of excellent quality recounting and scoring the absurdities of current astrological practices. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time

It is written in a paper book, which is formed of four quires of paper, each consisting of six sheets, and is of the size of a modern quarto volume. The Boke of Noblesse

In the second quarto we have a play constructed for the purpose of showing us types of character contrasted one with the other. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

The shorter names for book sizes are usually written out; folio, quarto, octavo. Abbreviations and Signs A Primer of Information about Abbreviations and Signs, with Classified Lists of Those in Most Common Use

It comprises about fifteen quarto pages, from Cap. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments

The very soul of Spain seemed to be symbolized by those sere quartos of the seventeenth century, nor was it imperceptible even in Smollett's cockney rendering bound in marbled boards. Sinister Street, vol. 2

The other form was that of pamphlets, especially in quarto, frequently also ornamented with woodcuts. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II.

As the Globe edition, and, indeed, all the modern editions, retain the expression “proud,” used in the second quarto, I suppose that the “poor man’s contumely” is not considered a legitimate expression. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

From this period, however, Norwich kept pace with other places; a newspaper had been established even earlier, a quarto foolscap, at a penny a number. Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations

In 1789 he published, in a small quarto volume, Fourteen Sonnets, which met with considerable favour at the time, and were hailed with delight by Coleridge and his young contemporaries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John"

No, no!—I once threw a quarto at a skunk, and got the worst of it. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom

The secret writings obtained as booty from the Bohemian party were published by their opponents; and about these bulky quartos there raged for years a battle of petty flying sheets. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II.

It is curious, however, that the first quarto has an expression somewhat similar in meaning, “The rich man cursed of the poor.” Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

In this small quarto volume the illustrations are rough cuts. The Old English Herbals

During his lifetime he published three editions of his Latin poems, and in 1772 there appeared a very handsome quarto volume containing all Bourne’s pieces, but also some that did not belong to him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John"

The first quarto volume of the 'Decline and Fall' appeared in February 1776. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16

The scholar also was occupied incessantly with thick quartos; but the full bloom of German literature had not yet arrived. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II.

The stage-direction of the second quarto gives, “Enter Hamlet and three of the Players,” and that of the folio, “Enter Hamlet and two or three of the Players.” Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

Bishop Moore’s books, including a little volume of Caxton quartos, almost all unique, were bought by George I. and presented to the university library at Cambridge. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis"

One of his most valuable services to musical art was his publication in three volumes quarto of a work on Cathedral Music. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John"

Bent down over a large quarto volume, he never lifts his eyes; but, intently occupied, his lips are rapidly repeating the words as he reads them. The Fortunes Of Glencore

The same with the Bible printed in English, in quarto, remarkable in a typographical point of view, and which appeared to have been often used. Abandoned

In the second quarto it is, “Enter the Players with recorders,” and in the folio, “Enter one with a recorder.” Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

For more popular books small folio was at first a favourite size, but towards the end of the century small thin quartos were much in vogue. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis"

The first edition was published in two quarto volumes in an edition of 1700 copies on the 16th of May 1791. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John"

"Report of factory commissioners," cried he, throwing down a weighty quarto. The Fortunes Of Glencore

In 1868, he wrote the “Charity Bazaar,” a boyish skit, filling four pages quarto, and which was privately printed. Stevensoniana Being a Reprint of Various Literary and Pictorial Miscellany Associated with Robert Louis Stevenson, the Man and His Work

There are no such directions in the quartos or folio. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

Four editions of Carew's poems appeared between 1640 and 1671, and four have been printed within the present century, the best being a quarto published by Mr. W. C. Hazlitt in 1870. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII

Each of them he thought likely to extend to two large quarto volumes, and on both he expended an unusual amount of enthusiasm and energy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross"

While he was thus musing, Billy reappeared, with a violin under one arm and a much-worn quarto under the other. The Fortunes Of Glencore

In a corner I found a number of quarto volumes, well bound, containing apparently a continuous day-book of some of Stevenson’s many voyages. Stevensoniana Being a Reprint of Various Literary and Pictorial Miscellany Associated with Robert Louis Stevenson, the Man and His Work

The acting-edition follows the second quarto, and gives the lines to the Queen. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

It is a small quarto manuscript containing thirty-eight leaves, written in Gothic letters, about the early part of the 14th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt"

"A single hieroglyphic character," says Champoleon le June, "would probably convey more to the mind of an ancient Egyptian than a quarto page would to a European." Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence

It is plain, neat and convenient and taking no more room on a writing table than a modern quarto volume it displays itself sufficient for any writing. Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia

I cannot give a positive answer without reading about seven large volumes in quarto of taxing laws. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend

In the second quarto, however, Hamlet’s name comes last. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

The book is in three big quartos, and Catherine’s answer—which was never finished—is still larger. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt"

An elegant quarto volume, printed in superb style, and embellished with 13 elegant steel mezzotint engravings. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time

I have borrowed one large quarto, transcribed about the conclusion of Queen Elizabeth’s reign, by an ignorant, slovenly fellow, who has murdered the orthography in a most barbarous manner. Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards

They cannot, however, be divided logically into quarto, paper-backed, novels and remainders. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth"

The first quarto, by making Hamlet exclaim “O God” after the Ghost has said “O horrible,” gives indication that the words “O horrible” were spoken on the Elizabethan stage by the Ghost. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

The success of the quarto encouraged Ramsay to redoubled efforts, and the next six or seven years are the period of his greatest literary fertility. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series

A number of quartos were heaped up in a tottering pile. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels

I lately borrowed a quarto, fairly written by a man of learning and great knowledge in antiquities, but ignorant of the Welsh prosody, for which reason it is not very correct. Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards

"A Counterblast to Tobacco," by James the First, King of England, was first printed in quarto, without name or date, at London, 1616. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia

This revision of act-intervals would make the construction of the play resemble more that of the first quarto, which, for acting purposes, is certainly the better version of the two. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

The quarto of 1721 contained, moreover, several pieces that had not been previously printed. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series

To Palmerston's eight quarto pages, written in one of the finest hands of the time, Mr. Gladstone replied in twelve. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3)

If I have health and leisure, I intend to translate this book into English, though it is a formidable undertaking, being a quarto of no small size. Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards

In the quarto edition the author, Nathaniel Bacon, is said to have been of Gray's Inn. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia

Such a modification should, perhaps, exclude the acting-editions from being classed as the same play with either the folio or second quarto. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

The popularity accruing to Ramsay from the publication of the quarto of 1721 was so great that his fame was compared, in all seriousness, with that of his celebrated English contemporaries, Pope, Swift and Addison. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series

The first edition of the first part of the Pursuits of Literature appears to have been published in quarto, by J. Owen, 168. Notes and Queries, Number 80, May 10, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

In the quarto edition of 1815 the following lines precede the extract from Lord Bacon; and in the edition of 1820 they follow it. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8)

Colonel Byrd amassed the finest private library which had then been seen in the New World, a catalogue of which, in quarto, is preserved in the Franklin Library, Philadelphia. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia

I think it would add to the dignity of Horatio’s character if, as directed in the second quarto, the Queen and Horatio entered with “a gentleman,” who brings news of Ophelia’s mental derangement. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

In quarto sheets, familiarly known as broadsides, and similar to what had been hawked about the country in his youth, his poems had hitherto been issued. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series

With fourteen Autotype Illustrations, after David Roberts, R. A. Small quarto, superbly bound in cloth, gilt and black lettered, and illuminated. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories

Selecting a quaint-looking quarto with some curious illuminated pages for my companion, I drew a great deep leather chair into a recess of one window, and hugged myself in my solitude. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands

Now, however, the world has well-nigh forgotten the huge quartos. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile"

Everything relating to Fortinbras is kept in the quarto, because Fortinbras has to appear like Richmond in “Richard III.,” as the hero who will restore peace and order to the distracted kingdom. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

The third was a quarto of the four Gospels, with a picture of an evangelist at the beginning of each Gospel. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant

One small quarto volume, cloth, gilt and black lettered, and gilt edges. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories

I have lying before me a few sheets of quarto paper, sewn together in a primitive way. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections

He writes on large sheets, of quarto size, and never makes an outline; the compositor gets the manuscript as it was written, with a few, but not many, alterations. Methods of Authors

Horatio, Marcellus, and the Ghost are shown to enter a line later in the Globe edition than is marked in the quarto or folio. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

I picked up a single loose leaf of very ancient uncial Greek characters, part of the Gospel of St. Matthew, written in small square letters and of small quarto size. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant

“A very interesting quarto, worth having for its typical illustrations.” The Art of Illustration 2nd ed.

There are many such in the quarto volume of which this forms part, written from all places, at all times, in all kinds of hands. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time

He hastily paid his bill, and set off home, dragging along the heavy quartos, as if they had been some treasure. Specimens of German Romance; Vol. II. Master Flea Selected and Translated from Various Authors

It would add to the interest of the scene if Hamlet took advantage of the early entrance in the quarto and in the folio. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

About one hundred of them were in the Iberian language: they were mostly immense thick quartos, some of them not less than eighteen inches square, and from four to six inches thick. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant

Cloth. 21s. net HUMOUR, SATIRE, ART “A beautiful quarto page where a neat rivulet of text shall meander through a meadow of margin.” The Battle of Blenheim

The folio copies of the two volumes of poetry, and the two of prose, are merely the quarto text portioned out into longer pages, without a single leaf being reprinted. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

Thus, Shakespeare, in the old quarto, 1597, makes Juliet wear a knife at the friar’s cell, and when she is about to take the potion. Folk-lore of Shakespeare

Look at the first quarto and we find a proof of this. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

I met also with an Evangelistarium, a quarto in uncial letters, but not in very fine condition. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant

The simple matter of a centime’s economy in the size of the boards, may direct the trimming of some charming gothic quarto up to the very text. Book Repair and Restoration

There still remains the small episode of the six letters unconnected with the P. T. volume, which were declared by Pope to be spurious in his preface to the quarto. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

Why, I remember throwing a quarto Lessing at my brother's head, for which he beat me unmercifully with 'Sophy's Journey from Memel to Saxony.' The Wine-ghosts of Bremen

The Globe edition contains all the lines of the second quarto and the folio. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

They were upon vellum, and all, except one, were small quartos; but this one was a large quarto, and one of the most beautiful manuscripts of its kind I have met with anywhere. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant

I have re-covered more than one quarto in covers of gold tooled vellum lifted from books of the same format. Book Repair and Restoration

The distinction between the letters was made in the reprints of the P. T. collection before Pope published the preface to the quarto, in which he affirmed that both were counterfeited. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

Large quarto, 18/9 net; by post, 19/6. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition)

These quartos are the only playbooks existing to-day which can show Shakespeare’s constructive art as a dramatist, and it will be necessary to refer to them from time to time. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

It was a quarto of the tenth or eleventh century, and a most unexceptionable tome, which these unkind monks preferred keeping to themselves instead of letting me have it, as they ought to have done. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant

They have brought home fragmentary collections, made in widely scattered localities, and these have been usually described in huge folios or quartos, whose value is often in inverse proportion to their bulk and cost. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras

He made the distinction in the catalogue almost immediately after the quarto appeared. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

Imperial quarto, in Two Volumes, and a Portfolio. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition)

The added words from the quartos give the idea of reality and character.” Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

These were probably the works of Dioscorides; they were not in good condition, having been much studied by the monks in former days: they were large, thick quartos. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant

Before such monsters as these, the terrible termes fatalis of the Indies, which undermines houses and breakfasts upon quarto volumes, must hide its diminished head. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847

The desire to obliterate the traces of his delinquency reappears in the preface to the quarto. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

A large quarto volume, sumptuously bound in Turkey morocco, $30.00 Joseph Rodman Drake. the culprit fay.—The most charming faery poem in the English language. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3

The special features of these early quartos are: 1. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

"A Fallacy," says Whately, "which when stated barely in a few sentences would not deceive a child, may deceive half the world if diluted in a quarto volume." Logic, Inductive and Deductive

Contains three pages and a half, small quarto, of matter of fact information. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries

Nevertheless there is strong internal evidence that a portion of the quarto had an independent origin, and had been printed off before the Irish edition was received. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

Judging from these fly-leaves, the work from which they have been taken appears to have been an octavo or small quarto. Notes and Queries, Number 239, May 27, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc

“Many of the quartos,” he writes, “as our own printers assure me, were far from being unskilfully executed, and some of them were much more correctly printed than the folio.” Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

Let a man say, "This book is a quarto". Logic, Inductive and Deductive

It is a paper quarto now marked 23. The Triads of Ireland

All the statements to which I have referred occur in this preface of Pope to the quarto of 1737, and some of them in many other places besides. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

The list of Greek authors whom Clement has quoted occupies upwards of fourteen of the quarto pages in Fabricius’s Bibliotheca Graeca. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy"

These stage-directions are not to be found in either of the quartos or yet in the folio, and I can find no foundation for them in the text. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

The twelve known editions are all quartos and range in size from twenty-two to thirty-two leaves. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume I)

Many of the large quarto books were printed on this paper, of which the first two reams were delivered in February, 1893. The Art and Craft of Printing

Richardson's interlined copy of the first quarto volume of Pope's poetry passed into the hands of Malone, and was ultimately bought by Mr. Croker. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

The great history was finished in 1788, by the publication of the fourth quarto volume. Old and New London Volume I

I should prefer the direction in the first quarto: “Enter King and Queen, Laertes and other Lords, with a Priest after the coffin.” Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

The manuscripts are fifteen in number, bound up into large quarto volumes, and comprise:— 1. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land

This book is a small quarto, as are its five immediate successors, each sheet being folded twice. The Art and Craft of Printing

This edition bears internal evidence of having been printed concurrently with the quarto itself. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

He and his clique would spend a whole evening on a wager as to whether the first edition of Dr. Johnson's 'Dictionary' was quarto or folio. Old and New London Volume I

Both in the first quarto and the folio the lines, “This is mere madness,” etc., are spoken by the King. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

The quarto Dictionary in two volumes cost twenty dollars. Noah Webster American Men of Letters

I had not long ago in my hands, by favour of a friend, an original copy of the quarto edition of the Tatler, with a list of the subscribers. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature

He immediately seized the new letters in the quarto, and inserted them in his fifth volume of "Mr. Pope's Literary Correspondence." The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

A cradle L., near it a table with a quarto Bible. The Scarlet Stigma A Drama in Four Acts

This is the sequence of the story, and it should not be broken; even the compiler of the first quarto knew this, for all three incidents are made prominent in his text. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

A collection of Danish proverbs, accompanied by a French translation, was printed at Copenhagen, in a quarto volume, 1761. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3

Evidently had spent his nights and days in preparation of speech on Compensation Bill; brought it down in large quarto notes. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 24, 1890

Had there been a single fabricated letter he would have hastened to name it, just as he specified in his preface to the quarto some fictitious letters which were not in the P. T. publication. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

It inserts, moreover, as if in the collection, many editions which it never contained, Capell having intended to make the list of Shakespearian quartos complete by reference to other collections when his own failed. Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge

In the acting-edition the stage-direction for the second entrance describes her as being “fantastically dressed with straws and flowers,” but there is no similar direction in the quartos or folio. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

They were collected and enshrined in a magnificent folio by Curtius Inghirami, who, a few years after, published a quarto volume exceeding one thousand pages to support their authenticity. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3

Three hundred lines lacking in it are made up for by a hundred lines absent from the quartos. An Introduction to Shakespeare

A smaller number than he specified appeared in the quarto which, exclusive of the answers of the Dean, contains only forty. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

The original edition of Parts i-iii is in quarto, Part iv in octavo. Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge

If it were inserted I believe it would become popular with the audience, and we find it retained in the first quarto. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

Such was this shameful war of Bibles—folios, quartos, and duodecimos, even in the days of Charles the First. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3

Here, unfortunately, as this play was not included in the First Folio, and as all later quartos were based on the First Quarto, we have to-day what is really a corrupt and difficult text. An Introduction to Shakespeare

He has twice touched upon the subject in the annotations to the quarto. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

The present is the second edition in quarto. Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge

The thanks of the Society are due to His Grace the Duke of Devonshire for kind permission to reproduce the title-page of the undated quarto in his possession. The Tragedy Of Caesar's Revenge

Hill, in his serious hours, published a large quarto volume, entitled “Thoughts Concerning God and Nature,” 1755. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors

The title-pages of the quartos of Shakespeare bear convincing testimony, not only to the genuineness of his plays, but also to his rise in reputation. An Introduction to Shakespeare

The replies, however, of Swift in the quarto, instead of stopping at this date, extend to August, 1738, and those of the last half-dozen years must have remained with the poet. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

He must have remained generally in constant residence, because we possess his signature to the vestry accounts, in a curious quarto book, which contains the annual accounts of Stow upland Parish for eighty-four years. East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations

The copy he used is a Hanmer, in six large quarto volumes, and belongs to Lane, the artist, who has very kindly lent it to me. Records of Later Life

The volume was magnificently printed in quarto on fine paper, “for the author,” in 1747. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors

Only six of his plays were printed in quartos not bearing his name. An Introduction to Shakespeare

This letter of December, 1725, reappears in tho quarto of 1741, with the addition for the first time of a postscript by Bolingbroke. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

The first catalogues books as folio, quarto, octavo, and so forth, and then cross-catalogues them as law, physic, divinity, and the rest, but is otherwise written very much in the air. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860

He calls it a Flemish portrait, and so it is—two quartos of a man's conversation and petty habits. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen

We have only the rare print of Hobbes by Faithorne, prefixed to a quarto edition of his Latin Life, 1682, remarkable for its expression and character. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors

Five of the printed quartos were used with additions and corrections. An Introduction to Shakespeare

In the prefatory notice to the quarto itself we are told that the letters are taken "from an impression sent from Dublin, and said to be printed by the Dean's direction." The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

And so we are left with the poems—not an inconsiderable companion seeing that its stature is some seven hundred small quarto pages closely packed with verses in double columns. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860

On the production of Autumn in 1730, The Seasons in its complete form was published by subscription in quarto. The Age of Pope (1700-1744)

He had them bound in volumes of all sizes; and a range of twelves, octavos, quartos, and folios were marshalled in portentous order on his shelves. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors

The modern editor selects, however, when Folio and quartos differ, the reading which seems best. An Introduction to Shakespeare

In spite of the change there is the identical peculiarity that distinguishes the quarto. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

There were 30 lots in folio, 26 in quarto, and 106 in octavo and smaller sizes. How to Form a Library, 2nd ed

To him Addison left the charge of editing his works, which were published by subscription, and appeared in four quarto volumes in 1721. The Age of Pope (1700-1744)

They were afterwards published in a quarto pamphlet, and did much mischief to the royal cause.—Ed. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors

Pope possessed a splendid lot of the old quartos and the first two folios, but his edition was wantonly careless. An Introduction to Shakespeare

In the quarto, again, a half sheet precedes the letters to Gay, which could not have happened unless it had been a subsequent interpolation, when the matter was insufficient to make the sheet complete. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

It was not published until 1757, when it appeared with The Bard in a quarto volume, which was the first issue of Walpole's press at Strawberry Hill. Select Poems of Thomas Gray

A small quarto volume, consisting of three different MSS. bound together, which originally had no connection with each other. Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century

It appears that the volume of 1100 quarto pages originally consisted of little more than a quire of paper; but Prynne found insuperable difficulties in procuring a licenser, even for this infant Hercules. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors

These are all the known quartos of Shakespeare's plays printed before the Folio. An Introduction to Shakespeare

The letters in the quarto are numbered, and since the series is unbroken throughout, the original cancelled division must ostensibly have comprised as many letters as when it was subsequently enlarged. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

What a happy time it was when a newspaper consisted of a sheet, or half a sheet in quarto, with short paragraphs about actual events, which had often taken place weeks and months before. My Autobiography A Fragment

Pope's edition of Shakespeare was published by Tonson in six quarto volumes. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare

Printed on antique paper in quarto form, 90 pages and 30 full-page Illustrations. A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912

The five bad quartos deserve a moment's attention. An Introduction to Shakespeare

A new use was found for the letter in the quarto of 1737. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

Some of his admirers went so far, as to lay his quarto on the table beside the Scriptures, and regard it as a species of Natural Revelation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846

In the edition of 1728, Pope added to this note “which last words are not in the first quarto edition.” Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare

The folio manuscript by George Vavasour was evidently a fair copy of the revised "quarto," and Tresham's reason for having it made. The Identification of the Writer of the Anonymous Letter to Lord Monteagle in 1605

The last of these pirated quartos, Pericles, was probably taken down in shorthand at the theater. An Introduction to Shakespeare

The advertisement displays the same cautious phraseology as was employed in the prefatory notice to the quarto, and speaks of the Dublin volume as only printed, not published. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

The age of folios and quartos is forever past with Young America. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy

At the end of the Journal had appeared a notice: 'preparing for the Press, in one volume quarto, the Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., by James Boswell, Esq.' James Boswell Famous Scots Series

We ourselves had the honour of presenting to Mr Coleridge Law's English version of Jacob—a set of huge quartos. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845

Three—Richard II, Richard III, I Henry IV—were all followed by quartos with the poet's name upon them. An Introduction to Shakespeare

In all essential particulars the collection of P. T., a little more sifted, is reproduced in the quarto of 1737. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

The excitement about Columbus has rather been heightened by the accidental discovery of three large holograph volumes, in quarto, of Fr. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose

This Dictionary of the three quarto volumes was the first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica,––the identical work in its first beginnings, of which the seventh edition has been so recently completed. Leading Articles on Various Subjects

Most of us are glad, when we get to be Juniors, to get into a quarto—a quartette, you understand. Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall or Solving the Campus Mystery

In the case of the sixteen other plays the editors substituted for eight of the plays already in print in quartos, independent texts from better manuscripts. An Introduction to Shakespeare

The next year," he says, in the preface to the quarto of 1737, "the posthumous works of Mr. Wycherley were printed in a way disreputable enough to his memory. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

It forms a large quarto of a thousand pages, and embraces the utterances of grief and regret from every country under the sun, in almost every language spoken by man. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index

A selection of letters and addresses to the Holy Father was published at Naples in two large quarto volumes, under the title: The Catholic world to Pius IX., Pius IX. And His Time

VII were reprinted from the quarto pamphlet of 1798, and were again set up as a small octavo pamphlet by Law & Gilbert, the printers of the Poetical Register. The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Vol II (of II)

Between 1629 and 1632 six quartos of Shakespearean plays were printed,—a fact which indicates that the First Folio edition had been exhausted and that there was a continued market. An Introduction to Shakespeare

It appeared on May 18, 1737, in folio and quarto, and a little later in octavo, that the various sizes might range with previous editions of the poet's works. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

A big quarto loose-leaf notebook had revealed the day and date. The River Prophet

The amendments were all sent, as before, to the commission, and printed in a quarto volume of fifty-one pages. Pius IX. And His Time

One handsome small quarto volume, bound in cloth. In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series

In this edition was the first rigorous comparison between the readings of the folios and the quartos. An Introduction to Shakespeare

The interpolated letters of the quarto are equally an interpolation in the octavo, where they follow p. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

This paper was subsequently issued in quarto form and called 'The Amulet.' The History of Dartmouth College

SPECIFICATIONS: Size, 7½ x 10½ inches, almost a quarto; 456 pages, fine plate paper, beautifully bound in cloth and boards, cover illuminated in gold; weight, 4½ lbs. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses

If the sheet is folded into four leaves, the book is called a "quarto," or "4to"; if into eight, it is an "octavo," or "8vo"; if into twelve, a "duodecimo," or "12mo." Makers of Many Things

Date.—The play was entered in the Stationers' Register, and a quarto was printed in 1598. An Introduction to Shakespeare

Consequently the octavo must have been struck off before the letters were interpolated in the quarto, or they would not have been printed in the octavo on an interpolated half-sheet. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

It was formerly the Poet Mason's, and is mentioned in the quarto edition of Hoccleve's Poems, p. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance

All the readings of the quartos, which might be cited separately in each play that possesses them, either as a, b, c, d; or as 1, 2, 3, and 4. Notes and Queries, Number 195, July 23, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc

All these books are in quarto, with plates. Life of Charles Darwin

Although the first and only quarto was not printed until 1600, there is a reference to this part in Jonson's Every Man Out of his Humour, which was produced in 1599. An Introduction to Shakespeare

A few letters are added at the end of the quarto with the announcement that they had been published "since the foregoing sheets were printed off." The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition

It was preceded by a small quarto impression of mdcclxxiv: which is scarce; and of which there are large paper copies. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance

This process went on for a while, until Susan had worked down among the octavos, and Master Gridley had worked up among the quartos. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867

The ordinary amount charged for a tract extending to thirty or forty pages, and for a quarto play, was 4d. or a groat. The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

Since the title-page of the quarto asserts that this play had been "sundry times publicly acted," we may assign the date 1599 with considerable confidence. An Introduction to Shakespeare

Gibbon, for instance, should be in large octavo or quarto, with print of a size to correspond. The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books

Mr. Bulmer printed a single copy of this beautiful poem, in quarto, upon satin—picked and prepared in a very curious manner. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance

It is in quarto form of eight pages—each issue containing forty columns of matter. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject

If one happens on a Caxton or a quarto Shakespeare to-day for a trifle, it is the isolated ignorance of the possessor which befriends one. The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

Several other quartos followed, for the play was exceedingly popular. An Introduction to Shakespeare

This is the nearest realisation of a shelf classification, and by this method the folios may be far separated from the quartos, and the quartos from the octavos. The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books

It is a marvellous work, in four large quarto volumes; but so indifferently printed, and upon such wretched paper, that within the next century, perhaps, not six copies of it will be found entire. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance

It was absolutely wonderful how so much ignorance, nonsense, vanity, and folly, could be compressed within the compass even of a quarto. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831

So it was once upon a time, to be sure, with the Caxton, the quarto Shakespeare, the ballad, the penny black-letter garland, and many another article which we now hold so precious. The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

The quarto seems to have been printed from a stenographic report of an acting version of the play, made by an unskillful reporter for a piratical publisher. An Introduction to Shakespeare

There are books on Furniture, for instance, in folio, in quarto, and in octavo. The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books

I will, however, only add that there were upwards of 150 articles of Old Plays, mostly in quarto. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance

You shall see them on a beautiful quarto page, where a neat rivulet of text shall meander through a meadow of margin. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

We refer to such cases as the so far unseen second impression of Shakespeare's Passionate Pilgrim and the ostensible disappearance of the original quarto of Love's Labor's Lost. The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

Entries in the Stationers' Register for August 4 and 24, 1600, and the appearance of a quarto edition in this same year limit the possibilities at the other end. An Introduction to Shakespeare

When shelf classification is imperative, the folios are all put together, the quartos together, and the octavos together. The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books

Let the books in the Public Library form the substratum of the Catalogue Raisonn� to be printed in three or more quarto volumes. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance

To be published in occasional Parts, small quarto. Notes and Queries, Number 219, January 7, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc

The latter is described as a quarto; but it would be interesting to discover that from the fragment the text could be completed. The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

The latter was probably written by a disciple of Marlowe, and was first printed in quarto in 1594. An Introduction to Shakespeare

The bottom cases should be deeper and wider, to take quartos and folios, but there should always be an extra shelf for turning a folio section into an octavo section. The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books

As I possess the original quarto edition of this latter, bound in Russia, you will not censure me for a want of respect towards the author. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance

In other words, the three separate quartos had been specially bound together to form a unique volume, one to be found only in Congreve’s library. The Library of William Congreve

If I write anything now, it must be a smart spicy quarto on Bankruptcy, or a rattling digest on the Law of Settlement and Highways. The Giant's Robe

This was the only play published in quarto between Shakespeare's death and 1623. An Introduction to Shakespeare

The only external evidence that Shakspere wrote any portion of "The Two Noble Kinsmen" is the quarto of 1634. The Critics Versus Shakspere A Brief for the Defendant

The servant shortly arrived, and upon his expressing his inability to carry the entire packet—"Here," exclaimed Lisardo, "do you take the quartos, and follow me; who will march onward with the octavos." Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance

Congreve’s list emphasizes collected editions, especially for plays, and contains very few quartos. The Library of William Congreve

Abridged by a Gentleman of Boston, from the London quarto edition. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West

The second poor quarto, Henry V, printed in 1600, was less than half as long as the Folio text, and was probably carelessly copied by an ignorant person at a performance of the play. An Introduction to Shakespeare

I have already alluded to the fact that three hundred quarto volumes—nearly altogether drawn from unpublished manuscripts—have been printed by the Scottish clubs within the last forty years. Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1

Fifty copies with plates were struck off on large paper, in royal quarto. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance

But the most convincing proof that the list could have belonged only to Congreve is provided by three quarto volumes, each with Congreve’s signature on the title page, bound together as one volume. The Library of William Congreve

Now, through this affliction, which leaves my mind free, and gives me time, on account of confinement to the house, I have been able to write about a hundred quarto pages. The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller

A new problem in the history of Shakespearean quartos has been presented since 1903 by a study of the quartos of 1619. An Introduction to Shakespeare

The sonnets were piratically published in a quarto volume in 1609. William Shakespeare

I see there the ponderous folio chronicles, the genuine quarto romances, and, a little above, a glittering row of thin, closely-squeezed, curiously-gilt, volumes of original plays. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance

Poetry, Horace’s Art of Poetry by ye E. of Roscommon, and the Rehearsal”—the identical three quartos described in the Sotheby catalogue. The Library of William Congreve

A unique copy of a Spanish reprint in small quarto, made in 1493, is preserved in the Ambrosian library at Milan. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest

The text of these quartos is, therefore, much inferior to that of the Folio. An Introduction to Shakespeare

Large quarto, 9×12, on plate paper; cover in color. Children's Books and Their Illustrators

In the year 1722, a new edition of it in seven volumes, quarto, was undertaken and completed by De La Monnoye, with notes by the editor, and additions of the original author. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance

Apparently these “Plays” consisted of separate quartos which Congreve had bound in one volume. The Library of William Congreve

The learned divine chases his metaphor at a very cold scent, through a pamphlet of his mortal quarto pages.—See a Parallel of the Liturgy with the Mass Book, Breviary, &c., by Robert Baylie. Notes and Queries, Number 212, November 19, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

Date.—No quarto of this comedy exists, nor is there any mention of such a play as All's Well That Ends Well before the publication of the First Folio in 1623. An Introduction to Shakespeare

Large quarto, 9½×12 inches; handsomely bound in Brown Buckram and Japan Vellum printed in color. Children's Books and Their Illustrators

The quarto impression contains a description of the books which were purchased "en masse" by his present majesty. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance

As many copies of the first and other folio editions, as well as nearly all the copies of the same quarto editions, differ from each other, how are these differences to be treated? Notes and Queries, Number 211, November 12, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

On the 16th of February, only five days after this letter was received, An Elegy wrote in a Country Church-yard appeared as a large quarto pamphlet, anonymous, price sixpence. Stories of Authors, British and American

His quartos, now in the British Museum, are of the greatest value to Shakespeare scholars. An Introduction to Shakespeare

Large quarto, 7×9, with cover in color. Children's Books and Their Illustrators

Twyne, in his arid little quarto Latin volume of the Antiquities of Oxford, says not a word about it; and, what is more extraordinary, it is barely alluded to by Antony Wood! Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance

But, though announced on the title-page of the quarto edition just referred to, it appeared six months later, in the fall of 1531. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church

There is Blumenbach, who has a sharp discussion at a dinner-table, and next day sends down three huge quartos all marked to show his authorities and justify his statements. Stories of Authors, British and American

It was first printed in quarto in 1602, but this version is extremely faulty, besides being considerably shorter than that of the First Folio. An Introduction to Shakespeare

Large quarto, with Illuminated covers, 30 full-page illustrations, colored borders to text. Children's Books and Their Illustrators

There are copies of this latter impression upon large paper in quarto. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance

The one of these is in octavo, and seems to have been carefully taken; the other is in quarto, and appears to be partly a copy, partly an abstract. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2)

There are eighteen lines of it altogether in Dr. Sommer's reprint, but as these are long quarto lines, let us multiply them by some three to get the equivalent of the "skipping octosyllables." A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800

It is a quarto of 600 pages, including an alphabetical dictionary of English words, with their equivalents in what may be called, without irreverence, Wilkinese. The Life and Times of John Wilkins Warden of Wadham college, Oxford; master of Trinity college, Cambridge; and Bishop of Chester

Large quarto, 8×11, with 130 illustrations and cover in color. Children's Books and Their Illustrators

There are 50 copies struck off upon small quarto paper, to arrange with a like number of this latter work. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance

Advocates' Library, but neither of them appears to be Gillespie's own hand-writing; the quarto certainly is not, and the octavo seems to be an accurate copy of two of the original volumes. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2)

Books of various sizes are known as “folio,” “quarto,” “octavo,” “duodecimo,” &c. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians

Absorbing as was this work, however, it did not prevent him from publishing two huge quarto volumes, which are as interesting as they are curious. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century

The drawings for this beautiful quarto were shown at one of the early Arts and Crafts Exhibitions. Children's Books and Their Illustrators

Fifty copies of this work were printed upon large paper, of a quarto size. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance

A large quarto volume, sumptuously bound in Turkey morocco. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages

You shall see them on a beautiful quarto page, where a neat rivulet of text shall meander through a meadow of margin.—Sheridan. Pearls of Thought

Frances read aloud, and we listened; and this morning early my wife has made it into a beautiful little book in quarto, with which I this afternoon made Trübner very happy for some hours. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities

Mr. James Smith wrote five letters, one before the completion, four after it; the five contained 68 pages of quarto letter paper. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II

There are no lively or interesting sallies, no highly-wrought, or tempting descriptions—throughout his two quarto volumes: but, in lieu of this, there is sober truth, and sound judgment. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance

Underneath the bank-book were two letters, written to him by Mordaunt while absent on a pleasure-trip not long before, and under these was a sheet of quarto paper, which appeared to be written upon. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success

He was carrying a couple of fat quarto books under one arm, and a large folio under the other, and he looked as if he had many important things to communicate. Ravensdene Court

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例句	quarto For the time being, however, the guardians of usage frown very deeply on anyone writing “quarto’s”. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Thus: quarto's and/olio's, not to mention logo's, pasta's, ouzo's and banana's. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z However, demand was fully re-established in the decade 1600-1609, and not just for the new more complex commentaries such as that of Clavius, published in fat quartos, but also for cheap octavo editions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Between the rose bowls the books were duly set out—a row of nursery quartos opened invitingly each at some gaily coloured image of beast or fish or bird. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor should we assume that Shakespeare's quartos represent "pure", unadulterated texts. Who edited Shakespeare? 2013-07-12T13:00:01Z While sifting through details of how in the course of history someone passed on an obscure quarto edition to someone else, it is hard not to think that the curse is on the reader. That Man From Stratford 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z What is this “bad” quarto, billed less pejoratively here as the “first” quarto? Hamlet’s ‘bad’ self and Kafka’s bug, on compact stages 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z On the other hand, it is possible that Shakespeare made changes to his plays after their quarto publication. Who edited Shakespeare? 2013-07-12T13:00:01Z The Folio changes the quarto's "swiftly" to "stiffely", a word never used elsewhere by Shakespeare but familiar to Florio, who uses it four times. Who edited Shakespeare? 2013-07-12T13:00:01Z Our knowledge of changes made to the quartos, as well as Florio's treatment of Boccaccio and Montaigne, suggests that there is a strong chance that they were. Who edited Shakespeare? 2013-07-12T13:00:01Z Some of the plays were printed individually while the Bard was alive, in small editions called quartos, apparently without his permission. ‘The Millionaire and the Bard,’ by Andrea Mays 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z While with plays such as Hamlet, Othello and King Lear we can compare the Folio against the quarto, for other plays – such as Antony and Cleopatra, The Tempest and Macbeth – we cannot. Who edited Shakespeare? 2013-07-12T13:00:01Z Most editors of “Hamlet,” for instance, silently translate “porpentine” to “porcupine” without incurring outrage, though whether the porcupine is “fretful” or “fearful” depends on whether you follow the folio or the second quarto. Why We (Mostly) Stopped Messing With Shakespeare’s Language 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Without the Folio, Shakespeare's plays – scattered around in playscripts or in smaller quarto editions – might have been lost to posterity. Who edited Shakespeare? 2013-07-12T13:00:01Z Or the notion that McCartney might very well have gleaned the phrase "let it be" from Shakespeare's "Hamlet" — but mercifully, not from the bad quarto, it turns out. Paul McCartney’s “The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present”: A visual feast, if flawed, for Beatles fans 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z During his lifetime, quartos, small hand-held books sold on the street like paperbacks, were published, without his permission or approval, in pirated editions. The Algorithm That Could Take Us Inside Shakespeare’s Mind 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z In the First Quarto, sometimes called the “bad quarto,” the famous “To be, or not to be” speech begins this way: The Algorithm That Could Take Us Inside Shakespeare’s Mind 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z There is no reason to assume, of course, that Florio was responsible for every change made between quarto and Folio. Who edited Shakespeare? 2013-07-12T13:00:01Z And in Henry VI, Part Two, the Folio version has the King enter "on the Tarras", a somewhat redundant elaboration on the King's entrance in the quarto. Who edited Shakespeare? 2013-07-12T13:00:01Z Before then, only 18 had been printed, in small paperback editions known as quartos. David Tennant celebrates 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z “The Hamlet in particular is an interesting artifact,” he said, “since certain passages were omitted from the performance, and marked typographically in the quarto.” Charlton Heston's rare Shakespeare collection to go up for auction 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z “Hamlet Q1 ” A presentation by Taffety Punk Theatre Company, the “bad quarto,” or first printing, of Hamlet, half as long and far less poetic than the familiar “Hamlet.” D.C. community calendar, May 7-14, 2015 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z “Hamlet, The First Quarto” Taffety Punk Theatre Company performs the first version of “Hamlet,” which is shorter and called “the bad quarto” by scholars. Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, April 30-May 6, 2015 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z And it's lovely to look at the facsimile of the 1609 quarto while listening to the sonnets. O! that Shakespeare could have downloaded this app 2012-07-07T23:04:03Z In 1876 the cheap "quarto libraries" were started, reprinting an entire English novel, though on poor paper and often in dangerously poor type, for 10, 15, or 20 cents. Copyright: Its History and Its Law 2012-04-23T02:00:25.937Z The Acts of this single session—the first of Mr. Griffith's Premiership—extended over 405 pages of the then quarto Statute-book. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z This appeared in April, 1517, in a quarto of twenty pages. Against War 2012-04-21T02:00:21.397Z I read from the quarto, graciously given me by Dr. Bancroft. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z In 1808, when she was only fourteen, a quarto volume of her Juvenile Poems, was published by subscription, and was harshly criticized in the Monthly Review. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z These quartos gradually gave way to the "pocket edition," in more convenient shape, but not always in better print, at 20 or 25 cents. Copyright: Its History and Its Law 2012-04-23T02:00:25.937Z —In some of the early quarto editions of Spenser, in the "Shepherd's Calender," June, there is a stanza which in almost all the subsequent folio editions is omitted. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 111, December 13, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-08T02:00:23.437Z Suddenly, she got to her feet, unrolled the last quarto, and placed the cover over the machine. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z A sufficient number of wooden presses, pressing boards in folio, quarto, and octavo, with the screw key, as well as the press jack belonging thereto, must be conveniently placed. Practical Bookbinding 2012-04-02T02:00:23.047Z The action disclosed a thick quarto volume bound in blue leather, sprinkled on the sides with silver butterflies, and stamped with the arms of Audley. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z Major-General Forlong, of the British army, has also fully presented this subject in his recent quarto in two volumes, entitled Rivers of Life; or, Sources and Streams of the Faiths of Man in all Lands. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z —Paul Hoste, a Jesuit, published early in the seventeenth century a small quarto with diagrams on "Breaking the Line," so much discussed, as being first done in Rodney's action. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 111, December 13, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-08T02:00:23.437Z The English quarto, like the Dutch, also gave rise in time to a call for a cheap abridgment, and it appeared in 1639, as “The Most delectable history of Reynard the Fox.” The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z The bands are also stretched upon the sewing frame; for folio, at least six are used, and for quarto not less than four. Practical Bookbinding 2012-04-02T02:00:23.047Z A well-written description of the battle, together with a journal of Bouquet’s expedition of the succeeding year, was published in a thin quarto, with illustrations from the pencil of West. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Unless where otherwise stated the following variations are from the quarto of 1640, the title-page of which runs thus:— Rule a Wife \| And have a Wife. Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10): The Loyal Subject 2012-03-26T02:00:33.817Z The "Comprehensive Family and Pulpit Bible," containing the largest number of parallel references and illustrative notes ever published, is kept, of various quarto sizes, bound up with Family Registers, in plain and sumptuous bindings. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 111, December 13, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-08T02:00:23.437Z I shall bring his two quartos back with me, and will point out numberless mistakes; but there are many excellent things in them. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z His next publication was "The Excursion, being a portion of The Recluse," printed in quarto in the autumn of 1814. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z He also procured transcripts of ancient Welsh poetry, amounting to fifty volumes, quarto, which invaluable collection is now deposited in the Cymmrodorion Library, in London. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z They are principally thin quartos, and the actual expense of reprinting them could not be heavy. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 107, November 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-15T02:00:34.113Z During the seven years immediately preceding the repeal, matter sufficient to fill a thousand quarto volumes was printed in Great Britain on the Corn Laws. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Special Holiday Editions Each one volume, cloth decorative, small quarto, $1.25. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z Mr. Bowles became a poet in print in his twenty-seventh year—publishing in 1789 a very small volume in quarto, with the very modest title of "Fourteen Sonnets." Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Among his numerous works, several of which have been translated into German, is a valuable “History of Monmouthshire,” in two volumes, quarto. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z This work, with supplements, comprises six quarto volumes with more than 200 plates drawn on stone by the author. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z He published a “Translation of Demosthenes,” “The History of Philip of Macedon,” and “The History of Ireland” in three volumes, quarto. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z In 1887 Dana revisited the Hawaiian Islands, and the results of his further investigations were published in a quarto volume in 1890, entitled Characteristics of Volcanoes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z There is abundant evidence that this edition was Pope's own just as much as the quartos, as was also a prior edition of the same small shape of 1736. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 102, October 11, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-07T03:00:08.550Z All his works were collected and published by his widow, in six volumes, quarto. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z "Why, they are Shakespeare quartos!" he almost shouted, and then stopped suddenly. The Unpublishable Memoirs 2012-02-03T03:00:18.447Z The preface to one of the quartos of 1609 classes it with the comedies, and the prologue inclines that way. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Yet 'tis very pleasant nonsense, and though it keeps him out of bed o' nights, he may yet draw good from it--ay, and more good than from quartos of philosophy. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z This first volume contains not only nearly the whole of M. Didron's quarto; but also between 100 and 150 wood-cuts from the original blocks. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 102, October 11, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-07T03:00:08.550Z His works, which are of high Calvinistic principles, are very numerous, amounting to seven folio, twenty quarto, and thirty octavo volumes. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z The Journal of 1864 is a quarto volume, with a full page for every day. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z In 1602 "The Revenge of Hamlet" was entered in the Stationers' Register; and the first quarto, a pirated and very corrupt edition, appeared in the following year. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z The acts of the national assembly fill eight large quartos; the decrees issued by the national assembly fill twenty-three. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z Fuseli entered into an animated correspondence on this subject; gave him to understand, that the quarto size best pleased the British public; and expressed his own decided opinion against "ponderous folios." The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Being obliged for some cause to leave the kingdom, he travelled in Italy; and on his return to England, he published a “History” p. 66of that country, in 1549, quarto. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z A syllabus of his course of lectures was published by Young in 1802, but it was not till 1807 that the complete course of sixty lectures was published in two quarto volumes. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z The problems of the relations of these two quarto plays to the folio texts are among the most puzzling encountered by Shakespearean scholars. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z The wholexix of these belong exclusively to our illustrated quarto edition, and the impressions taken have been strictly limited thereto, and a very few for my own gift-use. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z We cannot even rely on the printed date of a quarto. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z He published a large quarto Welsh Bible in 1770, with copious notes, which has gone through two subsequent editions. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z An octavo edition, similar in letterpress to the original quarto one, but with some slight omissions or differences in the text and in the general map, was published in Dublin in 1796. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z —I have two old quarto tracts, of eight pages each, printed, as seems both by the type and by an allusion contained in one of them, between 1520 and 1530, or thereabouts. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 96, August 30, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-26T03:00:11Z The illustration, engraved by Mesager, is reproduced in our illustrated quarto edition. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z At a quarter after nine, Mr. Carlile entered the Courts He was preceded by two friends, who placed on the table an immense pyramid of books, in folio, quarto, octavo, and duodecimo. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z The annoyance is not great when the change is from a large quarto to an octavo, for the cost of binding an octavo is considerably less than that of a quarto. Library Bookbinding 2011-12-24T03:07:58.950Z This new edition is a reprint of the quarto edition of 1795. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z The Bishop of Calahorra, Don Alphonso de Castilla, having read this treatise, had it printed in quarto, and sent it to the priests in his diocese, with a pastoral letter, in 1529. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z Our text is that of 1652, as before, and its engraving here, is reproduced in our illustrated quarto edition. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z The quartos and folios are governed by identical rules, and hence in the trade the sizes of books are very numerous. Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs 2011-12-21T03:00:41.820Z Unlike most other party writers who confined their efforts to a few folio pages, L'Estrange sustained his performance through 38 quarto leaves of readable, entertaining prose. Citt and Bumpkin (1680) 2011-12-21T03:00:27.683Z The volume consists of 63 small quarto leaves, and has the queen's initials K. P. embroidered within an ornamental border of gold and silver thread, on a ground of blue corded silk. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z The only sign of novelty he noticed was the use of scented paper, for a faint and pungent aroma clung to the big quarto sheet. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z In our illustrated quarto edition will be found a pathetic and daintily-rendered illustration, done expressly for us by Mrs. Blackburn of Glasgow, and engraved by W.J. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z An excellent quarto translation of his twelve books on Husbandry, and one on Trees, was published at London, in 1745. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z He first folds the sheets into a quarto or folio size with the greatest finesse, and takes fresh hold reading. Life Gleanings 2011-12-01T03:00:23.890Z It is a volume of the early part of the fifteenth century, in small quarto, containing 224 leaves, and ornamented with very beautiful illuminated borders and exquisite drawings in camaieu gris. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z The skeleton of the "Warren Mastodon" is described at length by Dr. J. C. Warren, in a quarto volume entitled "Mastodon Giganteus." Animals of the Past 2011-11-16T03:00:27.497Z Our text is that of 1652, as before, and its engraving of the Saint's portrait, and French lines here, are reproduced in our illustrated quarto edition. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z It is described as being in leather binding, in quarto. Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters 2011-11-16T03:00:25.713Z The paper came out every Thursday, in one quarto sheet. The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century 2011-11-04T02:00:24.773Z It is a MS. of the Acts of the Apostles, in quarto, consisting of 227 leaves, and containing the text in both Greek and Latin, in parallel columns. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z The collection at Amherst comprises most of the types described by Professor E. Hitchcock in his "Ichnology of New England," a work in two fully illustrated quarto volumes. Animals of the Past 2011-11-16T03:00:27.497Z Our text is that of 1652, and its engraving here is reproduced in our illustrated quarto edition. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z It is a very characteristic production, and is printed in a thin quarto volume, prefaced by the following letter from Mr. Jefferson to Herbert Croft, LL.B., of London: Monticello, Oct. 30th, 1798. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z The Italian government controls some 33 libraries, and the rules for loans fill 83 paragraphs and 18 pages quarto. Remarks on the practice and policy of lending Bodleian printed books and manuscripts 2011-10-27T02:00:27.377Z A quarto volume was also found about the same time thrust in amongst other quartos in a shelf near the door, but the particulars of this case have been forgotten. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z A quarto edition of this Engraving has been published, suitable to frame, which will be sent free by mail to any part of the country on the reception of the price. Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln 2011-10-24T02:00:19.173Z In our illustrated quarto edition we reproduce the engraving here of 1652. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z From penny tracts to quarto volumes, every thing must have pictures—the more the better—bad ones rather than none. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z A large and beautifully presented quarto work, fully illustrated by thirty-six plates on fine art paper, comprising seven English and sixteen foreign organs, thirty-one portraits, and illustrations of the houses of Bach and Handel. The Influence of the Organ in History Inaugural Lecture of the Department of the Organ in the College of Music of Boston University 2011-10-20T02:00:26.947Z It is a small quarto, containing 425 leaves of fine vellum, in excellent condition and well written, and ornamented with eleven rich paintings, besides occasional arabesque borders, &c. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z Well-dressed also, but notably unlike the preceding, is the "Bonneville Paine," one of a celebrated series of two hundred engraved portraits, the publication of which in quarto volumes was begun in Paris in 1796. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z The engraving of 1652 is reproduced in our illustrated quarto edition. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z The quarto volume of 688 pages is accompanied by a portfolio of 86 maps, plans, and panoramic views. The Panama Canal and its Makers 2011-10-10T02:00:22.307Z In April 1781 the second and third quartos of his History were published. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z This is happily perfect; in size a small and thick quarto volume, written on very stout vellum, and containing 377 leaves. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z Within a year or two after he was enrolled as a member of the Faculty, he produced his first quarto, Fragments of Scottish History. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 90, July 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-10-03T02:00:27.757Z Its first number consisted of thirty-two pages in quarto. The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune 2011-10-03T02:00:24.600Z His first published work was The Candidate, a poem, in quarto, which came into the world anonymously, in 1780, and was favourably received. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z Meanwhile the publication of the Scriptores proper continues, although the thirty-first and subsequent volumes are in quarto and not in folio, and the number of volumes in the whole undertaking is continually being increased. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z Besides the above-mentioned volumes, there are a large number of Holman's MSS. which are kept distinct, and which have been recently bound in fourteen folio volumes, eleven quarto, and five octavo. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z Medium quarto with eighteen full-page Illustrations and many invaluable Charts and Records, bound in buckram, gilt top. 15s. net. Fifty Years of Golf 2011-09-14T02:00:50.627Z “Milton,” the last of the published “Books of Prophecy,” produced in 1804, is a small quarto of forty-five printed pages, coloured by hand in the old radiant manner. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z The first quarto has scabbard, all the later editions have pilcher, a word occurring nowhere else. Notes and Queries, Number 85, June 14, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-09-13T02:00:32.783Z The success was instant, and, for a quarto, probably unprecedented. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z There are altogether fifty-nine volumes in folio, forty-eight in quarto, and five in octavo, consisting chiefly of Willis' own collections for his various works, with much correspondence intermingled and a few older historical papers. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z "It is a volume I have brought for Mistress Blanche," replied the Secretary, as, with some evident confusion, he produced a gilded quarto with clasps, from beneath his dress. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z The book consists of eleven quarto pages, and appeared in 1793, just five years later than “Thel,” to whose mysterious and delicate beauty it has a shadowy relationship. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z Mr. MacClean dug in the place indicated and found an oak box within which lay the bell and its shrine and beside them a worn copy of Bedell's quarto Irish Bible. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z As printed by the legislature of Lower Canada, the documents produced filled two hundred and sixty-eight quarto pages. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z Of this mission he published an account, in a quarto volume, in 1800. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z The sentiments in the quotation just made remind one of Emerson's "Nature," the preface of Whitman to his first portentous quarto, "Leaves of Grass," and Wordsworth's essay on the nature of the poetic art. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z The list of Gail’s published works filled 500 quarto pages of the introduction to his edition of Xenophon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Called on Lord Melbourne, and found him reading the Acts, with a quarto Greek Testament that belonged to Samuel Johnson.' Queen Victoria 2011-08-23T02:00:32.007Z Not only in black-letter quartos was he interested, but also in the garden. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z From time to time, huge folios and quartos were added to it by purchase or donation, from which nobody profited more than Franklin himself with his insatiable avidity for knowledge. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z Britton, in 1820, devotes more than two large quarto pages—a great space for him—to ecstasies over it, and no doubt the taste of the time demanded undiluted admiration. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z She also frequently visited an old-fashioned bookcase, on the top of which—it was very low—I often left some old worm-eaten folios and quartos, and may have occasionally picked up something there. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Mr. Newman's quarto volume on Theism, written in metre, is the greatest compendium of Theistical argument published in my time, and until Darwin wrote, no entirely conclusive answer was possible. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z Let us approve the exit of the folio and the quarto, and applaud the modern tendency toward little and handy volumes. In the Track of the Bookworm 2011-07-19T02:00:23.543Z On the title-page of the Genealogies will be found the design with the light A and dark A which is used on several of the Shakespeare quartos and elsewhere. The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z The second quarto identifies the speakers, and, by a different phrasing with additional lines, both characterizes them and gives the scene atmosphere. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z It is a quarto volume, arranged in quires of five sheets or ten leaves each, like Codex Marchalianus of the Prophets written in the sixth or seventh century and Cod. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z In this way he collected two quarto volumes of poems, written in short hand of his own inventing. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z Any one who has ever undertaken to read a huge quarto or folio will sympathize with this view. In the Track of the Bookworm 2011-07-19T02:00:23.543Z My quarto edition of the same, 'Arts et Metiers', I give to the Library Company of Philadelphia. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z The citation in the left-hand column from the first quarto Hamlet states the facts clearly enough, but wholly uncolored by the emotion of the speaker. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z They are in quarto, with large square uncials of about sixteen lines on a page, and date from the sixth century. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z Fifteen quarto plays the public already possessed; no one appears to have known how they had issued from the study of the poet, or the treasury of the theatre. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z While the wedding-rings were being exchanged, Leibgeber in the choir took from his pocket a pair of scissors and a quarto sheet of black paper, and cut out a distant view of the bride's profile. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z He left behind him two quarto volumes of manuscript, of his own poetry, consisting of fugitive pieces addressed to his friends. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z The right-hand column shows the opening of the second quarto. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z The volume is a large quarto, the Latin and Greek in parallel columns on the same page, the Greek standing on the left; its uncials are coarse, large, and thick, not unlike those in Cod. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z As the reprint became subject to their negligence, these first editions were appreciated by Capel and Malone as manuscripts, and by these quarto plays they corrected the text of the folio volume. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Mr. Thornton, whom I had expected to find groaning on his couch, was standing on the top of a high flight of steps, reaching down heavy quartos. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z Cave, it seems, judged rightly for his profession; for, by the additions that arrived afterward, they swelled to a quarto volume; which has had five editions, and cost him nothing for copy-money. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z The left-hand column gives the opening lines of the first quarto, Hamlet. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z He calls it a quarto, 400 years old. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z The mystifying republication of these fifteen quarto plays is a piece of literary history of no common occurrence. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Cave, it seems, judged rightly for his profit, for, by the additions that arrived afterward, they swelled to a quarto volume, which has had five editions, and cost him nothing for copy money. Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) 2011-05-20T02:00:26.573Z The initial volume of this important national publication, profusely illustrated with engravings from drawings by Captain Eastman, of the Army, has lately been issued in a very large and splendid quarto, by Lippincott. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z A second quotation from Hamlet in the two quartos illustrates the same point even better. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Sixteen quarto volumes were issued, five of narrative and eleven of a scientific character, while other parts were unfortunately destroyed by fire. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z It is quite obvious that the first proprietors of the quarto plays could never have acquired such complete copies without either Shakespeare or his company having furnished them. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z He left behind him two quarto volumes, in manuscript, of his own poetry, consisting of little occasional pieces addressed to his friends and relations, of which the following, sent to me, is a specimen. Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) 2011-05-20T02:00:26.573Z Next year however the Book of Ahania came out—if one may say as much of a quarto of six leaves which has hardly yet emerged into sight of two or three readers. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z In these parallel passages from the two quartos of Hamlet, is not the right-hand column, with its mingling of rapidly exchanged speech and description, much more vivid and moving? Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Here it may be well to notice a variation between the first quarto and the following editions of Hamlet, the only one in which the time is changed. Time in the Play of Hamlet 2011-05-02T02:00:16.887Z This quarto pamphlet is highly valued among collectors for Loggan’s beautiful print of Charles the Second, Archbishop Shelden, and General Monk. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Each department presents its estimates in a huge quarto volume, "crammed with figures and minute entries of moneys wanted for the forthcoming year." Congressional Government A Study in American Politics 2011-04-15T02:00:18.863Z The next is the Miscellaneous Poems of 1772, a handsome quarto, published by subscription. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z However, the separate publication of the two poems in a quarto of 1720 is a wholly unrecorded fact, and important to bibliographers. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z It was a small quarto, bound in sheepskin, with corners and back of untanned leather. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Dr. Shaw’s three goodly quartos, however, long conveyed in some shape to the English public the Baconian philosophy. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The results of his labours were published in two large quarto volumes, entitled A Voyage to Terra Australis, with a folio volume of maps. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z This edition was, succeeded by many others, particularly one at Venice in 1595, quarto, of which Palladio, the great architect, took charge. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Yet since the poet's death—and this shows how little anybody reads Congreve—the contents of Mr. Wise's quarto have appeared in each successive edition of the Poems. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z In Convenience of Form.—No ponderous quartos, crowded with fine type that strains the eyes and wearies the brain, are here presented. My Cave Life in Vicksburg With Letters of Trial and Travel 2011-03-30T02:00:13.113Z This is a quarto volume abounding with recondite researches and many fancies. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Then came Pollux back with his two quarto leaves, and now set himself at once to his lesson. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z The most recent English translation is that by the author above quoted—1806, two volumes quarto. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Do you not know, Margaret. . . . all the fine things that I could say, and that quartos have said before me, about the association of ideas and sensations, &c.? Leonora 2011-03-22T02:00:21.627Z He caused a little quarto book to be made, containing some score or so of leaves, and with pen and pencil proceeded to fill and embellish it. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z Cave, it seems, judged rightly for his profit, for by the additions that arrived afterward they swell'd, to a quarto volume, which has had five editions, and cost him nothing for copy-money. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z A handsome small quarto was the result, and the revival of old-faced type proved a great success. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z His works, if printed in their completeness, would occupy from 60 to 80 quarto volumes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z A monumental and sumptuous work of 14 quarto volumes, describing in great detail all the known trees of North America and their woods, with beautiful line drawings of leaves and fruits. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z The simplest explanation of the double ascription in the quarto of 1634 is to suppose that Shakspere helped Fletcher in some way. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z The title page of the quarto is as follows: The \| Coronation \| A Comedy. Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (8 of 10) The Womans Prize; The Island Princess; The Noble Gentleman; The Coronation; The Coxcomb 2011-02-19T03:01:07.890Z Of these he issued countless editions in small quarto, along with a comparatively few small folios, in which, however, his skill as a printer is seen to better advantage. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z This play, first printed in quarto, 1705, was written when the author was only thirteen years of age. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z One handsome small quarto volume, bound in cloth, with emblematic cover designs. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z It went through four editions in quarto in the seventeenth century, a fact which testifies to its immediate popularity. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z Probably recomposed from the quarto edition, with the same fount of type. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:34.387Z As soon as a printer had learnt to print two folio pages together, it became easy to print four quarto pages, or eight octavo pages, or sixteen sextodecimo pages. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z Proof copy of the first edition, most of which was printed in quarto. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z The first printed edition, issued to secure copyright, was an undated quarto of twenty-seven pages. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 3 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:32.387Z To our former notes of Mr. Justice Boulton, we add, that he was the author of a work in quarto published in London in 1806, entitled a "Sketch of the Province of Upper Canada." Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z But I had to write about two quarto pages daily of this report, and put D 1 in the margin. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z We find no other book to vie with this until we come to a much larger and more pretentious one, the works of Moli�re in six volumes, royal quarto, published in 1734. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z An unusually large and entirely uncut copy of the first quarto edition. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z Another proof copy, inlaid to quarto, and illustrated by the insertion of one hundred and twenty-six plates and an autograph letter of the author. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 3 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:32.387Z At a later period, he published, at Toronto, a weekly paper in quarto shape, named the "Palladium." Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Altogether seventy-one lines have been cut out of the first scene, but the first quarto retains most of them. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z Carpenter evidently laid out money on the production of this quarto, with its frontispiece representing the Phaeton under sail off the peak of the Azores; and his expectations were not disappointed. Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z The fruit of their joint work from 1895 to 1899 was six quarto volumes profusely illustrated by photographs which they had taken and by carefully executed charts of the various rivers which they had explored. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z A quarto picture book with a lesson for every Sunday in the year. Betty's Battles an Everyday Story 2011-01-02T03:00:19.670Z The U. E. Loyalist was a quarto sheet, well printed, with an engraved ornamental heading resembling that which surmounted the New York Albion. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z With regard to the first quarto of “Hamlet,” and its probable history, something will be said later on. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z We have little record of his doings during that time, and the most significant part of it is to be found in a little quarto, privately printed, which details the performances of the Kilkenny Theatre. Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z Two impressions, the quarto having possibly been completed by Schoeffer, arrived in England early in the summer of 1526, and were eagerly welcomed and bought. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z After his handbook, King began producing big, voluptuous hardback quartos, often using the photographs he had assembled for his guide. \| Rare Books About New York: Rare Books About New York 2010-10-14T23:19:00Z Its shape varied from time to time: now it was a folio: now a quarto. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Among the early quartos, the two most interesting to the actor are the first and second editions of “Romeo and Juliet,” because they show how Shakespeare adapted his art to the stage of his time. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z Of this work I possess a copy, a quarto volume of 464 pages. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments In the same way quartos are often found made up in eights, and on the other hand the use of a half-sheet produces a gathering of only two leaves. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Huge, just huge; an oblong quarto, 600-plus pages, and thus often in bad shape. \| Rare Books About New York: Rare Books About New York 2010-10-14T23:19:00Z When Fothergill was deprived of his office of King's Printer in 1825, he published for a time a quarto paper of his own, entitled the Palladium, composed of scientific, literary and general matter. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z But it might be well here to call attention to the three stage-directions in this quarto, which have dropped out of all the subsequent editions, and which elucidate the context. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z These essays of Palmer's are each some three or four pages long, the page being that of a quarto book. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources A second edition in folio, “newly oversene and corrected,” was printed by Nicolson, with English type, in 1537; and also in the same year, a third edition in quarto. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Other volumes of the same number and session are quarto.239.“Statutes at Large,” II., The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 Bouchette's words as they stand in his quarto book, imply, in some degree, that 1794 was the year in which the Governor and his Rangers first came over from Niagara. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Herr Emile Devrient, the greatest exponent of the part of Hamlet in Germany, contended that this first quarto was a better constructed play than either the 1604 version or that of the folio. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z This early edition is in two massive quarto volumes, and the later abridgments that are now alone seen give no conception of the value of the original work. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources In a quarto some pairs of leaves will have no watermark; in others it will be found divided by the fold of the paper. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z In a treatise of eleven quarto pages, contained in his "Refutation of All Heresies," he riddled with merciless logic the vain pretensions of the Greek astrologers. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time I, II, III, quarto, with 36 plates colored by hand from nature, and 853 original engravings. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies And it is certain that, in several instances, the editors reprinted the plays from the earlier quarto impressions with but few changes, sometimes for the better, and sometimes for the worse. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z The work forms a quarto of two hundred and forty-six pages, and treats of a mass of matter necessary to the understanding of the language, but which is not elsewhere to be found. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 As the great majority of books without printed signatures are in folio or quarto, 910 the sequence of watermarked and un-watermarked leaves, if carefully worked out, will mostly reveal the “make-up” of the successive gatherings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z A Syrian work, called the Book of the Astrologers, has two quarto pages of excellent quality recounting and scoring the absurdities of current astrological practices. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time It is written in a paper book, which is formed of four quires of paper, each consisting of six sheets, and is of the size of a modern quarto volume. The Boke of Noblesse In the second quarto we have a play constructed for the purpose of showing us types of character contrasted one with the other. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z The shorter names for book sizes are usually written out; folio, quarto, octavo. Abbreviations and Signs A Primer of Information about Abbreviations and Signs, with Classified Lists of Those in Most Common Use It comprises about fifteen quarto pages, from Cap. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments The very soul of Spain seemed to be symbolized by those sere quartos of the seventeenth century, nor was it imperceptible even in Smollett's cockney rendering bound in marbled boards. Sinister Street, vol. 2 The other form was that of pamphlets, especially in quarto, frequently also ornamented with woodcuts. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. As the Globe edition, and, indeed, all the modern editions, retain the expression “proud,” used in the second quarto, I suppose that the “poor man’s contumely” is not considered a legitimate expression. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z From this period, however, Norwich kept pace with other places; a newspaper had been established even earlier, a quarto foolscap, at a penny a number. Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations In 1789 he published, in a small quarto volume, Fourteen Sonnets, which met with considerable favour at the time, and were hailed with delight by Coleridge and his young contemporaries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" No, no!—I once threw a quarto at a skunk, and got the worst of it. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom The secret writings obtained as booty from the Bohemian party were published by their opponents; and about these bulky quartos there raged for years a battle of petty flying sheets. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. It is curious, however, that the first quarto has an expression somewhat similar in meaning, “The rich man cursed of the poor.” Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z In this small quarto volume the illustrations are rough cuts. The Old English Herbals During his lifetime he published three editions of his Latin poems, and in 1772 there appeared a very handsome quarto volume containing all Bourne’s pieces, but also some that did not belong to him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" The first quarto volume of the 'Decline and Fall' appeared in February 1776. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 The scholar also was occupied incessantly with thick quartos; but the full bloom of German literature had not yet arrived. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. The stage-direction of the second quarto gives, “Enter Hamlet and three of the Players,” and that of the folio, “Enter Hamlet and two or three of the Players.” Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z Bishop Moore’s books, including a little volume of Caxton quartos, almost all unique, were bought by George I. and presented to the university library at Cambridge. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" One of his most valuable services to musical art was his publication in three volumes quarto of a work on Cathedral Music. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" Bent down over a large quarto volume, he never lifts his eyes; but, intently occupied, his lips are rapidly repeating the words as he reads them. The Fortunes Of Glencore The same with the Bible printed in English, in quarto, remarkable in a typographical point of view, and which appeared to have been often used. Abandoned In the second quarto it is, “Enter the Players with recorders,” and in the folio, “Enter one with a recorder.” Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z For more popular books small folio was at first a favourite size, but towards the end of the century small thin quartos were much in vogue. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" The first edition was published in two quarto volumes in an edition of 1700 copies on the 16th of May 1791. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" "Report of factory commissioners," cried he, throwing down a weighty quarto. The Fortunes Of Glencore In 1868, he wrote the “Charity Bazaar,” a boyish skit, filling four pages quarto, and which was privately printed. Stevensoniana Being a Reprint of Various Literary and Pictorial Miscellany Associated with Robert Louis Stevenson, the Man and His Work There are no such directions in the quartos or folio. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z Four editions of Carew's poems appeared between 1640 and 1671, and four have been printed within the present century, the best being a quarto published by Mr. W. C. Hazlitt in 1870. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Each of them he thought likely to extend to two large quarto volumes, and on both he expended an unusual amount of enthusiasm and energy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" While he was thus musing, Billy reappeared, with a violin under one arm and a much-worn quarto under the other. The Fortunes Of Glencore In a corner I found a number of quarto volumes, well bound, containing apparently a continuous day-book of some of Stevenson’s many voyages. Stevensoniana Being a Reprint of Various Literary and Pictorial Miscellany Associated with Robert Louis Stevenson, the Man and His Work The acting-edition follows the second quarto, and gives the lines to the Queen. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z It is a small quarto manuscript containing thirty-eight leaves, written in Gothic letters, about the early part of the 14th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" "A single hieroglyphic character," says Champoleon le June, "would probably convey more to the mind of an ancient Egyptian than a quarto page would to a European." Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence It is plain, neat and convenient and taking no more room on a writing table than a modern quarto volume it displays itself sufficient for any writing. Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia I cannot give a positive answer without reading about seven large volumes in quarto of taxing laws. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend In the second quarto, however, Hamlet’s name comes last. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z The book is in three big quartos, and Catherine’s answer—which was never finished—is still larger. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" An elegant quarto volume, printed in superb style, and embellished with 13 elegant steel mezzotint engravings. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time I have borrowed one large quarto, transcribed about the conclusion of Queen Elizabeth’s reign, by an ignorant, slovenly fellow, who has murdered the orthography in a most barbarous manner. Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards They cannot, however, be divided logically into quarto, paper-backed, novels and remainders. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" The first quarto, by making Hamlet exclaim “O God” after the Ghost has said “O horrible,” gives indication that the words “O horrible” were spoken on the Elizabethan stage by the Ghost. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z The success of the quarto encouraged Ramsay to redoubled efforts, and the next six or seven years are the period of his greatest literary fertility. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series A number of quartos were heaped up in a tottering pile. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels I lately borrowed a quarto, fairly written by a man of learning and great knowledge in antiquities, but ignorant of the Welsh prosody, for which reason it is not very correct. Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards "A Counterblast to Tobacco," by James the First, King of England, was first printed in quarto, without name or date, at London, 1616. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia This revision of act-intervals would make the construction of the play resemble more that of the first quarto, which, for acting purposes, is certainly the better version of the two. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z The quarto of 1721 contained, moreover, several pieces that had not been previously printed. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series To Palmerston's eight quarto pages, written in one of the finest hands of the time, Mr. Gladstone replied in twelve. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) If I have health and leisure, I intend to translate this book into English, though it is a formidable undertaking, being a quarto of no small size. Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards In the quarto edition the author, Nathaniel Bacon, is said to have been of Gray's Inn. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia Such a modification should, perhaps, exclude the acting-editions from being classed as the same play with either the folio or second quarto. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z The popularity accruing to Ramsay from the publication of the quarto of 1721 was so great that his fame was compared, in all seriousness, with that of his celebrated English contemporaries, Pope, Swift and Addison. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series The first edition of the first part of the Pursuits of Literature appears to have been published in quarto, by J. Owen, 168. Notes and Queries, Number 80, May 10, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. In the quarto edition of 1815 the following lines precede the extract from Lord Bacon; and in the edition of 1820 they follow it. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) Colonel Byrd amassed the finest private library which had then been seen in the New World, a catalogue of which, in quarto, is preserved in the Franklin Library, Philadelphia. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia I think it would add to the dignity of Horatio’s character if, as directed in the second quarto, the Queen and Horatio entered with “a gentleman,” who brings news of Ophelia’s mental derangement. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z In quarto sheets, familiarly known as broadsides, and similar to what had been hawked about the country in his youth, his poems had hitherto been issued. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series With fourteen Autotype Illustrations, after David Roberts, R. A. Small quarto, superbly bound in cloth, gilt and black lettered, and illuminated. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories Selecting a quaint-looking quarto with some curious illuminated pages for my companion, I drew a great deep leather chair into a recess of one window, and hugged myself in my solitude. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands Now, however, the world has well-nigh forgotten the huge quartos. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Everything relating to Fortinbras is kept in the quarto, because Fortinbras has to appear like Richmond in “Richard III.,” as the hero who will restore peace and order to the distracted kingdom. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z The third was a quarto of the four Gospels, with a picture of an evangelist at the beginning of each Gospel. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant One small quarto volume, cloth, gilt and black lettered, and gilt edges. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories I have lying before me a few sheets of quarto paper, sewn together in a primitive way. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections He writes on large sheets, of quarto size, and never makes an outline; the compositor gets the manuscript as it was written, with a few, but not many, alterations. Methods of Authors Horatio, Marcellus, and the Ghost are shown to enter a line later in the Globe edition than is marked in the quarto or folio. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z I picked up a single loose leaf of very ancient uncial Greek characters, part of the Gospel of St. Matthew, written in small square letters and of small quarto size. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant “A very interesting quarto, worth having for its typical illustrations.” The Art of Illustration 2nd ed. There are many such in the quarto volume of which this forms part, written from all places, at all times, in all kinds of hands. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time He hastily paid his bill, and set off home, dragging along the heavy quartos, as if they had been some treasure. Specimens of German Romance; Vol. II. Master Flea Selected and Translated from Various Authors It would add to the interest of the scene if Hamlet took advantage of the early entrance in the quarto and in the folio. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z About one hundred of them were in the Iberian language: they were mostly immense thick quartos, some of them not less than eighteen inches square, and from four to six inches thick. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant Cloth. 21s. net HUMOUR, SATIRE, ART “A beautiful quarto page where a neat rivulet of text shall meander through a meadow of margin.” The Battle of Blenheim The folio copies of the two volumes of poetry, and the two of prose, are merely the quarto text portioned out into longer pages, without a single leaf being reprinted. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Thus, Shakespeare, in the old quarto, 1597, makes Juliet wear a knife at the friar’s cell, and when she is about to take the potion. Folk-lore of Shakespeare Look at the first quarto and we find a proof of this. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z I met also with an Evangelistarium, a quarto in uncial letters, but not in very fine condition. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant The simple matter of a centime’s economy in the size of the boards, may direct the trimming of some charming gothic quarto up to the very text. Book Repair and Restoration There still remains the small episode of the six letters unconnected with the P. T. volume, which were declared by Pope to be spurious in his preface to the quarto. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Why, I remember throwing a quarto Lessing at my brother's head, for which he beat me unmercifully with 'Sophy's Journey from Memel to Saxony.' The Wine-ghosts of Bremen The Globe edition contains all the lines of the second quarto and the folio. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z They were upon vellum, and all, except one, were small quartos; but this one was a large quarto, and one of the most beautiful manuscripts of its kind I have met with anywhere. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant I have re-covered more than one quarto in covers of gold tooled vellum lifted from books of the same format. Book Repair and Restoration The distinction between the letters was made in the reprints of the P. T. collection before Pope published the preface to the quarto, in which he affirmed that both were counterfeited. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Large quarto, 18/9 net; by post, 19/6. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) These quartos are the only playbooks existing to-day which can show Shakespeare’s constructive art as a dramatist, and it will be necessary to refer to them from time to time. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z It was a quarto of the tenth or eleventh century, and a most unexceptionable tome, which these unkind monks preferred keeping to themselves instead of letting me have it, as they ought to have done. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant They have brought home fragmentary collections, made in widely scattered localities, and these have been usually described in huge folios or quartos, whose value is often in inverse proportion to their bulk and cost. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras He made the distinction in the catalogue almost immediately after the quarto appeared. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Imperial quarto, in Two Volumes, and a Portfolio. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) The added words from the quartos give the idea of reality and character.” Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z These were probably the works of Dioscorides; they were not in good condition, having been much studied by the monks in former days: they were large, thick quartos. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant Before such monsters as these, the terrible termes fatalis of the Indies, which undermines houses and breakfasts upon quarto volumes, must hide its diminished head. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 The desire to obliterate the traces of his delinquency reappears in the preface to the quarto. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition A large quarto volume, sumptuously bound in Turkey morocco, $30.00 Joseph Rodman Drake. the culprit fay.—The most charming faery poem in the English language. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 The special features of these early quartos are: 1. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z "A Fallacy," says Whately, "which when stated barely in a few sentences would not deceive a child, may deceive half the world if diluted in a quarto volume." Logic, Inductive and Deductive Contains three pages and a half, small quarto, of matter of fact information. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries Nevertheless there is strong internal evidence that a portion of the quarto had an independent origin, and had been printed off before the Irish edition was received. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Judging from these fly-leaves, the work from which they have been taken appears to have been an octavo or small quarto. Notes and Queries, Number 239, May 27, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc “Many of the quartos,” he writes, “as our own printers assure me, were far from being unskilfully executed, and some of them were much more correctly printed than the folio.” Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z Let a man say, "This book is a quarto". Logic, Inductive and Deductive It is a paper quarto now marked 23. The Triads of Ireland All the statements to which I have referred occur in this preface of Pope to the quarto of 1737, and some of them in many other places besides. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The list of Greek authors whom Clement has quoted occupies upwards of fourteen of the quarto pages in Fabricius’s Bibliotheca Graeca. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" These stage-directions are not to be found in either of the quartos or yet in the folio, and I can find no foundation for them in the text. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z The twelve known editions are all quartos and range in size from twenty-two to thirty-two leaves. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) Many of the large quarto books were printed on this paper, of which the first two reams were delivered in February, 1893. The Art and Craft of Printing Richardson's interlined copy of the first quarto volume of Pope's poetry passed into the hands of Malone, and was ultimately bought by Mr. Croker. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The great history was finished in 1788, by the publication of the fourth quarto volume. Old and New London Volume I I should prefer the direction in the first quarto: “Enter King and Queen, Laertes and other Lords, with a Priest after the coffin.” Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z The manuscripts are fifteen in number, bound up into large quarto volumes, and comprise:— 1. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land This book is a small quarto, as are its five immediate successors, each sheet being folded twice. The Art and Craft of Printing This edition bears internal evidence of having been printed concurrently with the quarto itself. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition He and his clique would spend a whole evening on a wager as to whether the first edition of Dr. Johnson's 'Dictionary' was quarto or folio. Old and New London Volume I Both in the first quarto and the folio the lines, “This is mere madness,” etc., are spoken by the King. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z The quarto Dictionary in two volumes cost twenty dollars. Noah Webster American Men of Letters I had not long ago in my hands, by favour of a friend, an original copy of the quarto edition of the Tatler, with a list of the subscribers. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature He immediately seized the new letters in the quarto, and inserted them in his fifth volume of "Mr. Pope's Literary Correspondence." The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition A cradle L., near it a table with a quarto Bible. The Scarlet Stigma A Drama in Four Acts This is the sequence of the story, and it should not be broken; even the compiler of the first quarto knew this, for all three incidents are made prominent in his text. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z A collection of Danish proverbs, accompanied by a French translation, was printed at Copenhagen, in a quarto volume, 1761. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Evidently had spent his nights and days in preparation of speech on Compensation Bill; brought it down in large quarto notes. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 24, 1890 Had there been a single fabricated letter he would have hastened to name it, just as he specified in his preface to the quarto some fictitious letters which were not in the P. T. publication. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition It inserts, moreover, as if in the collection, many editions which it never contained, Capell having intended to make the list of Shakespearian quartos complete by reference to other collections when his own failed. Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge In the acting-edition the stage-direction for the second entrance describes her as being “fantastically dressed with straws and flowers,” but there is no similar direction in the quartos or folio. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z They were collected and enshrined in a magnificent folio by Curtius Inghirami, who, a few years after, published a quarto volume exceeding one thousand pages to support their authenticity. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Three hundred lines lacking in it are made up for by a hundred lines absent from the quartos. An Introduction to Shakespeare A smaller number than he specified appeared in the quarto which, exclusive of the answers of the Dean, contains only forty. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The original edition of Parts i-iii is in quarto, Part iv in octavo. Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge If it were inserted I believe it would become popular with the audience, and we find it retained in the first quarto. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z Such was this shameful war of Bibles—folios, quartos, and duodecimos, even in the days of Charles the First. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Here, unfortunately, as this play was not included in the First Folio, and as all later quartos were based on the First Quarto, we have to-day what is really a corrupt and difficult text. An Introduction to Shakespeare He has twice touched upon the subject in the annotations to the quarto. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The present is the second edition in quarto. Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge The thanks of the Society are due to His Grace the Duke of Devonshire for kind permission to reproduce the title-page of the undated quarto in his possession. The Tragedy Of Caesar's Revenge Hill, in his serious hours, published a large quarto volume, entitled “Thoughts Concerning God and Nature,” 1755. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors The title-pages of the quartos of Shakespeare bear convincing testimony, not only to the genuineness of his plays, but also to his rise in reputation. An Introduction to Shakespeare The replies, however, of Swift in the quarto, instead of stopping at this date, extend to August, 1738, and those of the last half-dozen years must have remained with the poet. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition He must have remained generally in constant residence, because we possess his signature to the vestry accounts, in a curious quarto book, which contains the annual accounts of Stow upland Parish for eighty-four years. East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations The copy he used is a Hanmer, in six large quarto volumes, and belongs to Lane, the artist, who has very kindly lent it to me. Records of Later Life The volume was magnificently printed in quarto on fine paper, “for the author,” in 1747. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Only six of his plays were printed in quartos not bearing his name. An Introduction to Shakespeare This letter of December, 1725, reappears in tho quarto of 1741, with the addition for the first time of a postscript by Bolingbroke. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The first catalogues books as folio, quarto, octavo, and so forth, and then cross-catalogues them as law, physic, divinity, and the rest, but is otherwise written very much in the air. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 He calls it a Flemish portrait, and so it is—two quartos of a man's conversation and petty habits. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen We have only the rare print of Hobbes by Faithorne, prefixed to a quarto edition of his Latin Life, 1682, remarkable for its expression and character. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Five of the printed quartos were used with additions and corrections. An Introduction to Shakespeare In the prefatory notice to the quarto itself we are told that the letters are taken "from an impression sent from Dublin, and said to be printed by the Dean's direction." The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition And so we are left with the poems—not an inconsiderable companion seeing that its stature is some seven hundred small quarto pages closely packed with verses in double columns. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 On the production of Autumn in 1730, The Seasons in its complete form was published by subscription in quarto. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) He had them bound in volumes of all sizes; and a range of twelves, octavos, quartos, and folios were marshalled in portentous order on his shelves. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors The modern editor selects, however, when Folio and quartos differ, the reading which seems best. An Introduction to Shakespeare In spite of the change there is the identical peculiarity that distinguishes the quarto. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition There were 30 lots in folio, 26 in quarto, and 106 in octavo and smaller sizes. How to Form a Library, 2nd ed To him Addison left the charge of editing his works, which were published by subscription, and appeared in four quarto volumes in 1721. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) They were afterwards published in a quarto pamphlet, and did much mischief to the royal cause.—Ed. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Pope possessed a splendid lot of the old quartos and the first two folios, but his edition was wantonly careless. An Introduction to Shakespeare In the quarto, again, a half sheet precedes the letters to Gay, which could not have happened unless it had been a subsequent interpolation, when the matter was insufficient to make the sheet complete. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition It was not published until 1757, when it appeared with The Bard in a quarto volume, which was the first issue of Walpole's press at Strawberry Hill. Select Poems of Thomas Gray A small quarto volume, consisting of three different MSS. bound together, which originally had no connection with each other. Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century It appears that the volume of 1100 quarto pages originally consisted of little more than a quire of paper; but Prynne found insuperable difficulties in procuring a licenser, even for this infant Hercules. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors These are all the known quartos of Shakespeare's plays printed before the Folio. An Introduction to Shakespeare The letters in the quarto are numbered, and since the series is unbroken throughout, the original cancelled division must ostensibly have comprised as many letters as when it was subsequently enlarged. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition What a happy time it was when a newspaper consisted of a sheet, or half a sheet in quarto, with short paragraphs about actual events, which had often taken place weeks and months before. My Autobiography A Fragment Pope's edition of Shakespeare was published by Tonson in six quarto volumes. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare Printed on antique paper in quarto form, 90 pages and 30 full-page Illustrations. A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 The five bad quartos deserve a moment's attention. An Introduction to Shakespeare A new use was found for the letter in the quarto of 1737. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Some of his admirers went so far, as to lay his quarto on the table beside the Scriptures, and regard it as a species of Natural Revelation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 In the edition of 1728, Pope added to this note “which last words are not in the first quarto edition.” Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare The folio manuscript by George Vavasour was evidently a fair copy of the revised "quarto," and Tresham's reason for having it made. The Identification of the Writer of the Anonymous Letter to Lord Monteagle in 1605 The last of these pirated quartos, Pericles, was probably taken down in shorthand at the theater. An Introduction to Shakespeare The advertisement displays the same cautious phraseology as was employed in the prefatory notice to the quarto, and speaks of the Dublin volume as only printed, not published. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The age of folios and quartos is forever past with Young America. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy At the end of the Journal had appeared a notice: 'preparing for the Press, in one volume quarto, the Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., by James Boswell, Esq.' James Boswell Famous Scots Series We ourselves had the honour of presenting to Mr Coleridge Law's English version of Jacob—a set of huge quartos. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 Three—Richard II, Richard III, I Henry IV—were all followed by quartos with the poet's name upon them. An Introduction to Shakespeare In all essential particulars the collection of P. T., a little more sifted, is reproduced in the quarto of 1737. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The excitement about Columbus has rather been heightened by the accidental discovery of three large holograph volumes, in quarto, of Fr. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose This Dictionary of the three quarto volumes was the first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica,––the identical work in its first beginnings, of which the seventh edition has been so recently completed. Leading Articles on Various Subjects Most of us are glad, when we get to be Juniors, to get into a quarto—a quartette, you understand. Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall or Solving the Campus Mystery In the case of the sixteen other plays the editors substituted for eight of the plays already in print in quartos, independent texts from better manuscripts. An Introduction to Shakespeare The next year," he says, in the preface to the quarto of 1737, "the posthumous works of Mr. Wycherley were printed in a way disreputable enough to his memory. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition It forms a large quarto of a thousand pages, and embraces the utterances of grief and regret from every country under the sun, in almost every language spoken by man. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index A selection of letters and addresses to the Holy Father was published at Naples in two large quarto volumes, under the title: The Catholic world to Pius IX., Pius IX. And His Time VII were reprinted from the quarto pamphlet of 1798, and were again set up as a small octavo pamphlet by Law & Gilbert, the printers of the Poetical Register. The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Vol II (of II) Between 1629 and 1632 six quartos of Shakespearean plays were printed,—a fact which indicates that the First Folio edition had been exhausted and that there was a continued market. An Introduction to Shakespeare It appeared on May 18, 1737, in folio and quarto, and a little later in octavo, that the various sizes might range with previous editions of the poet's works. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition A big quarto loose-leaf notebook had revealed the day and date. The River Prophet The amendments were all sent, as before, to the commission, and printed in a quarto volume of fifty-one pages. Pius IX. And His Time One handsome small quarto volume, bound in cloth. In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series In this edition was the first rigorous comparison between the readings of the folios and the quartos. An Introduction to Shakespeare The interpolated letters of the quarto are equally an interpolation in the octavo, where they follow p. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition This paper was subsequently issued in quarto form and called 'The Amulet.' The History of Dartmouth College SPECIFICATIONS: Size, 7½ x 10½ inches, almost a quarto; 456 pages, fine plate paper, beautifully bound in cloth and boards, cover illuminated in gold; weight, 4½ lbs. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses If the sheet is folded into four leaves, the book is called a "quarto," or "4to"; if into eight, it is an "octavo," or "8vo"; if into twelve, a "duodecimo," or "12mo." Makers of Many Things Date.—The play was entered in the Stationers' Register, and a quarto was printed in 1598. An Introduction to Shakespeare Consequently the octavo must have been struck off before the letters were interpolated in the quarto, or they would not have been printed in the octavo on an interpolated half-sheet. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition It was formerly the Poet Mason's, and is mentioned in the quarto edition of Hoccleve's Poems, p. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance All the readings of the quartos, which might be cited separately in each play that possesses them, either as a, b, c, d; or as 1, 2, 3, and 4. Notes and Queries, Number 195, July 23, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc All these books are in quarto, with plates. Life of Charles Darwin Although the first and only quarto was not printed until 1600, there is a reference to this part in Jonson's Every Man Out of his Humour, which was produced in 1599. An Introduction to Shakespeare A few letters are added at the end of the quarto with the announcement that they had been published "since the foregoing sheets were printed off." The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition It was preceded by a small quarto impression of mdcclxxiv: which is scarce; and of which there are large paper copies. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance This process went on for a while, until Susan had worked down among the octavos, and Master Gridley had worked up among the quartos. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 The ordinary amount charged for a tract extending to thirty or forty pages, and for a quarto play, was 4d. or a groat. The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time Since the title-page of the quarto asserts that this play had been "sundry times publicly acted," we may assign the date 1599 with considerable confidence. An Introduction to Shakespeare Gibbon, for instance, should be in large octavo or quarto, with print of a size to correspond. The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books Mr. Bulmer printed a single copy of this beautiful poem, in quarto, upon satin—picked and prepared in a very curious manner. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance It is in quarto form of eight pages—each issue containing forty columns of matter. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject If one happens on a Caxton or a quarto Shakespeare to-day for a trifle, it is the isolated ignorance of the possessor which befriends one. The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time Several other quartos followed, for the play was exceedingly popular. An Introduction to Shakespeare This is the nearest realisation of a shelf classification, and by this method the folios may be far separated from the quartos, and the quartos from the octavos. The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books It is a marvellous work, in four large quarto volumes; but so indifferently printed, and upon such wretched paper, that within the next century, perhaps, not six copies of it will be found entire. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance It was absolutely wonderful how so much ignorance, nonsense, vanity, and folly, could be compressed within the compass even of a quarto. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 So it was once upon a time, to be sure, with the Caxton, the quarto Shakespeare, the ballad, the penny black-letter garland, and many another article which we now hold so precious. The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time The quarto seems to have been printed from a stenographic report of an acting version of the play, made by an unskillful reporter for a piratical publisher. An Introduction to Shakespeare There are books on Furniture, for instance, in folio, in quarto, and in octavo. The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books I will, however, only add that there were upwards of 150 articles of Old Plays, mostly in quarto. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance You shall see them on a beautiful quarto page, where a neat rivulet of text shall meander through a meadow of margin. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature We refer to such cases as the so far unseen second impression of Shakespeare's Passionate Pilgrim and the ostensible disappearance of the original quarto of Love's Labor's Lost. The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time Entries in the Stationers' Register for August 4 and 24, 1600, and the appearance of a quarto edition in this same year limit the possibilities at the other end. An Introduction to Shakespeare When shelf classification is imperative, the folios are all put together, the quartos together, and the octavos together. The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books Let the books in the Public Library form the substratum of the Catalogue Raisonn� to be printed in three or more quarto volumes. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance To be published in occasional Parts, small quarto. Notes and Queries, Number 219, January 7, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc The latter is described as a quarto; but it would be interesting to discover that from the fragment the text could be completed. The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time The latter was probably written by a disciple of Marlowe, and was first printed in quarto in 1594. An Introduction to Shakespeare The bottom cases should be deeper and wider, to take quartos and folios, but there should always be an extra shelf for turning a folio section into an octavo section. The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books As I possess the original quarto edition of this latter, bound in Russia, you will not censure me for a want of respect towards the author. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance In other words, the three separate quartos had been specially bound together to form a unique volume, one to be found only in Congreve’s library. The Library of William Congreve If I write anything now, it must be a smart spicy quarto on Bankruptcy, or a rattling digest on the Law of Settlement and Highways. The Giant's Robe This was the only play published in quarto between Shakespeare's death and 1623. An Introduction to Shakespeare The only external evidence that Shakspere wrote any portion of "The Two Noble Kinsmen" is the quarto of 1634. The Critics Versus Shakspere A Brief for the Defendant The servant shortly arrived, and upon his expressing his inability to carry the entire packet—"Here," exclaimed Lisardo, "do you take the quartos, and follow me; who will march onward with the octavos." Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Congreve’s list emphasizes collected editions, especially for plays, and contains very few quartos. The Library of William Congreve Abridged by a Gentleman of Boston, from the London quarto edition. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West The second poor quarto, Henry V, printed in 1600, was less than half as long as the Folio text, and was probably carelessly copied by an ignorant person at a performance of the play. An Introduction to Shakespeare I have already alluded to the fact that three hundred quarto volumes—nearly altogether drawn from unpublished manuscripts—have been printed by the Scottish clubs within the last forty years. Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 Fifty copies with plates were struck off on large paper, in royal quarto. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance But the most convincing proof that the list could have belonged only to Congreve is provided by three quarto volumes, each with Congreve’s signature on the title page, bound together as one volume. The Library of William Congreve Now, through this affliction, which leaves my mind free, and gives me time, on account of confinement to the house, I have been able to write about a hundred quarto pages. The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller A new problem in the history of Shakespearean quartos has been presented since 1903 by a study of the quartos of 1619. An Introduction to Shakespeare The sonnets were piratically published in a quarto volume in 1609. William Shakespeare I see there the ponderous folio chronicles, the genuine quarto romances, and, a little above, a glittering row of thin, closely-squeezed, curiously-gilt, volumes of original plays. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Poetry, Horace’s Art of Poetry by ye E. of Roscommon, and the Rehearsal”—the identical three quartos described in the Sotheby catalogue. The Library of William Congreve A unique copy of a Spanish reprint in small quarto, made in 1493, is preserved in the Ambrosian library at Milan. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest The text of these quartos is, therefore, much inferior to that of the Folio. An Introduction to Shakespeare Large quarto, 9×12, on plate paper; cover in color. Children's Books and Their Illustrators In the year 1722, a new edition of it in seven volumes, quarto, was undertaken and completed by De La Monnoye, with notes by the editor, and additions of the original author. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Apparently these “Plays” consisted of separate quartos which Congreve had bound in one volume. The Library of William Congreve The learned divine chases his metaphor at a very cold scent, through a pamphlet of his mortal quarto pages.—See a Parallel of the Liturgy with the Mass Book, Breviary, &c., by Robert Baylie. Notes and Queries, Number 212, November 19, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Date.—No quarto of this comedy exists, nor is there any mention of such a play as All's Well That Ends Well before the publication of the First Folio in 1623. An Introduction to Shakespeare Large quarto, 9½×12 inches; handsomely bound in Brown Buckram and Japan Vellum printed in color. Children's Books and Their Illustrators The quarto impression contains a description of the books which were purchased "en masse" by his present majesty. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance As many copies of the first and other folio editions, as well as nearly all the copies of the same quarto editions, differ from each other, how are these differences to be treated? Notes and Queries, Number 211, November 12, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. On the 16th of February, only five days after this letter was received, An Elegy wrote in a Country Church-yard appeared as a large quarto pamphlet, anonymous, price sixpence. Stories of Authors, British and American His quartos, now in the British Museum, are of the greatest value to Shakespeare scholars. An Introduction to Shakespeare Large quarto, 7×9, with cover in color. Children's Books and Their Illustrators Twyne, in his arid little quarto Latin volume of the Antiquities of Oxford, says not a word about it; and, what is more extraordinary, it is barely alluded to by Antony Wood! Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance But, though announced on the title-page of the quarto edition just referred to, it appeared six months later, in the fall of 1531. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church There is Blumenbach, who has a sharp discussion at a dinner-table, and next day sends down three huge quartos all marked to show his authorities and justify his statements. Stories of Authors, British and American It was first printed in quarto in 1602, but this version is extremely faulty, besides being considerably shorter than that of the First Folio. An Introduction to Shakespeare Large quarto, with Illuminated covers, 30 full-page illustrations, colored borders to text. Children's Books and Their Illustrators There are copies of this latter impression upon large paper in quarto. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance The one of these is in octavo, and seems to have been carefully taken; the other is in quarto, and appears to be partly a copy, partly an abstract. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) There are eighteen lines of it altogether in Dr. Sommer's reprint, but as these are long quarto lines, let us multiply them by some three to get the equivalent of the "skipping octosyllables." A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 It is a quarto of 600 pages, including an alphabetical dictionary of English words, with their equivalents in what may be called, without irreverence, Wilkinese. The Life and Times of John Wilkins Warden of Wadham college, Oxford; master of Trinity college, Cambridge; and Bishop of Chester Large quarto, 8×11, with 130 illustrations and cover in color. Children's Books and Their Illustrators There are 50 copies struck off upon small quarto paper, to arrange with a like number of this latter work. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Advocates' Library, but neither of them appears to be Gillespie's own hand-writing; the quarto certainly is not, and the octavo seems to be an accurate copy of two of the original volumes. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) Books of various sizes are known as “folio,” “quarto,” “octavo,” “duodecimo,” &c. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians Absorbing as was this work, however, it did not prevent him from publishing two huge quarto volumes, which are as interesting as they are curious. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century The drawings for this beautiful quarto were shown at one of the early Arts and Crafts Exhibitions. Children's Books and Their Illustrators Fifty copies of this work were printed upon large paper, of a quarto size. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance A large quarto volume, sumptuously bound in Turkey morocco. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages You shall see them on a beautiful quarto page, where a neat rivulet of text shall meander through a meadow of margin.—Sheridan. Pearls of Thought Frances read aloud, and we listened; and this morning early my wife has made it into a beautiful little book in quarto, with which I this afternoon made Trübner very happy for some hours. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities Mr. James Smith wrote five letters, one before the completion, four after it; the five contained 68 pages of quarto letter paper. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II There are no lively or interesting sallies, no highly-wrought, or tempting descriptions—throughout his two quarto volumes: but, in lieu of this, there is sober truth, and sound judgment. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Underneath the bank-book were two letters, written to him by Mordaunt while absent on a pleasure-trip not long before, and under these was a sheet of quarto paper, which appeared to be written upon. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success He was carrying a couple of fat quarto books under one arm, and a large folio under the other, and he looked as if he had many important things to communicate. Ravensdene Court
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