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There are variations in how quartos were produced. For example, bibliographers call a book printed as a quarto (four leaves per full sheet) but bound in gatherings of 8 leaves each a "quarto in 8s."<ref>McKerrow, p. 28.</ref> |
There are variations in how quartos were produced. For example, bibliographers call a book printed as a quarto (four leaves per full sheet) but bound in gatherings of 8 leaves each a "quarto in 8s."<ref>McKerrow, p. 28.</ref> |
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The actual size of a quarto book depends on the [[Paper size|size of the full sheet of paper]] on which it was printed. A demy quarto (abbreviated demy 4to) is a chiefly British term referring to a book size of about {{convert|11.25|by|8.75|in}}, a medium quarto {{convert|9|by|11.5|in}}, a royal quarto {{convert|10|by|12.5|in}}, and a small quarto equalled a square octavo, all untrimmed.<ref>Chambers English Dictionary</ref> |
The actual size of a quarto book depends on the [[Paper size|size of the full sheet of paper]] on which it was printed. A demy quarto (abbreviated demy 4to) is a chiefly British term referring to a book size of about {{convert|11.25|by|8.75|in}}, a medium quarto {{convert|9|by|11.5|in}}, a royal quarto {{convert|10|by|12.5|in}}, and a small quarto equalled a square [[octavo]], all untrimmed.<ref>Chambers English Dictionary</ref> |
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The earliest surviving books printed by movable type by Gutenberg are quartos, which were printed before the Gutenberg Bible. The earliest known one is a fragment of a medieval poem called the [[Sibyllenbuch fragment|''Sibyllenbuch'']], believed to have been printed by Gutenberg in 1452–53.<ref>[http://istc.bl.uk/search/search.html?operation=record&rsid=3767&q=0 British Library, Incunabula Short Title Catalogue, entry for the Sybyllenbuch].</ref><ref>Margaret Bingham Stillwell, ''The Beginning of the World of Books, 1450–1470'', [[Bibliographical Society of America]], New York, 1972, pp. 3–4, described as a medieval poem printed in about 1451–52, but not identifying the format.</ref> Quartos were the most common format of books printed in the [[incunabula]] period (books printed before 1501).<ref>[http://istc.bl.uk/search/search.html?operation=search&rsid=3952&sort=idx-year British Library, Incunabula Short Title Catalogue, search for format as "4to", sorted by year]</ref> The British Library [[Incunabula Short Title Catalogue]] currently lists about 28,100 different editions of surviving books, pamphlets and [[Broadside (printing)|broadsides]] (some fragmentary only) printed before 1501,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110818174335/http://istc.bl.uk/search/search.html?operation=search&rsid=9450&sort=idx-year Search of Incunabula Short Title Catalog for imprints before 1501, sorted by date. Search done July 12, 2009.]</ref> of which about 14,360 are quartos,<ref>[http://istc.bl.uk/search/search.html?operation=search&rsid=9456&sort=idx-year British Library, Incunabula Short Title Catalogue, search for imprints before 1501 and format as "4to", sorted by year. Search done July 12, 2009.]</ref> representing just over half of all works in the catalogue. |
The earliest surviving books printed by movable type by Gutenberg are quartos, which were printed before the Gutenberg Bible. The earliest known one is a fragment of a medieval poem called the [[Sibyllenbuch fragment|''Sibyllenbuch'']], believed to have been printed by Gutenberg in 1452–53.<ref>[http://istc.bl.uk/search/search.html?operation=record&rsid=3767&q=0 British Library, Incunabula Short Title Catalogue, entry for the Sybyllenbuch].</ref><ref>Margaret Bingham Stillwell, ''The Beginning of the World of Books, 1450–1470'', [[Bibliographical Society of America]], New York, 1972, pp. 3–4, described as a medieval poem printed in about 1451–52, but not identifying the format.</ref> Quartos were the most common format of books printed in the [[incunabula]] period (books printed before 1501).<ref>[http://istc.bl.uk/search/search.html?operation=search&rsid=3952&sort=idx-year British Library, Incunabula Short Title Catalogue, search for format as "4to", sorted by year]</ref> The British Library [[Incunabula Short Title Catalogue]] currently lists about 28,100 different editions of surviving books, pamphlets and [[Broadside (printing)|broadsides]] (some fragmentary only) printed before 1501,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110818174335/http://istc.bl.uk/search/search.html?operation=search&rsid=9450&sort=idx-year Search of Incunabula Short Title Catalog for imprints before 1501, sorted by date. Search done July 12, 2009.]</ref> of which about 14,360 are quartos,<ref>[http://istc.bl.uk/search/search.html?operation=search&rsid=9456&sort=idx-year British Library, Incunabula Short Title Catalogue, search for imprints before 1501 and format as "4to", sorted by year. Search done July 12, 2009.]</ref> representing just over half of all works in the catalogue. |
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