quarto

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.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2021

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.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 6, 2015

There is no reason to assume, of course, that Florio was responsible for every change made between quarto and Folio.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2013

In a library full of old and obscure texts, the 234-page quarto was older and more obscure than most.

From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2012

I read from the quarto, graciously given me by Dr. Bancroft.

From Voices from the Past by Paul Alexander Bartlett

Before then, only 18 had been printed, in small paperback editions known as quartos.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2023

The others, often differing in numerous details, first appeared in the 1590s and early 1600s as cheap pamphlets called quartos.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023

A couple of these men, John Heminges and Henry Condell, come up with the wild idea to publish all of Shakespeare’s scripts in a handsome bound folio rather than the cheap unauthorized quartos then available.

From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2017

Nor should we assume that Shakespeare's quartos represent "pure", unadulterated texts.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2013

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.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley