Scott's long narrative poem Marmion was published in late February 1808 as a luxurious quarto, costing a guinea and a half. |
Turner notes that in 1827 Newman composed a long essay of some sixty-six quarto pages addressed to his sisters. |
One is struck by the impact that such a slim volume, in quarto, has had on the world. |
The first quarto of Hamlet offers its audience an interesting new way of looking at an extremely familiar text. |
Reg, Following Pat's email, I think the old Hansard sizes were demy quarto but I could be mistaken. |
The book is a moderate quarto, in Spanish, written in a very legible hand, but a little damaged towards the latter end. |