| E. Cobham Brewer 18101897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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A book half the size of folio-i.e. where each sheet is folded into quarters or four leaves. 4to is the contraction. (The Italian, libro in quarto; French, in quarto; from Latin quartus.) | 1 |
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