单词 | foolscap quarto |
释义 | > as lemmasfoolscap quarto b. Designating sizes of paper obtained by folding a sheet of foolscap paper, as in foolscap folio, foolscap octavo, foolscap quarto. Now chiefly historical.See folio n. 6, octavo n., quarto n. 1. ΚΠ 1768 Lloyd's Evening Post 29 Jan.–1 Feb. 112/2 Neatly printed in Four Volumes, Fool's Cap Octavo, Price 13s bound. 1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. iii. 29 Between three and four hundred sheets of foolscap folio. 1921 Current Lit. Sept. 138/1 Adair (C.) The Dean's Daughter. Foolscap 8vo, pp. 284. 2006 J. Bristow in O. Wilde Picture of Dorian Gray (new ed.) Introd. p. xxvii Even though the foolscap quarto edition was snapped up by collectors, many of the crown octavo copies had no buyers. < as lemmas |
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