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folio

[foh-lee-oh] / ˈfoʊ liˌoʊ /


NOUN
leaf
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG




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Each fable was printed as a separate folio; the folios are stored in a box designed by the multimedia artist Kiki Smith.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

A dog-eared punk zine flutters near a vellum-bound folio.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025

A first folio edition of William Shakespeare's plays that was published in 1623 is being put on display.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2023

Another chapter patiently explains, with illustrations, the process of printing a large folio.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023

Lockton dumped a folio of papers on his desk and rooted through the mess.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

First folios have been on exhibit everywhere from the British Museum to the New York Public Library and at least two major book projects will mark the anniversary.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2023

Also included are 11 folios of an early Quran dating back to the late eighth century, an inscribed bronze bowl and a monument dating to the first century B.C.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 22, 2023

More bookshelves wrap around the eastern end of the room, holding nearly the entire collection of the society’s books, everything but the large folios.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2019

Thick, satisfying folios bear nearly 300 gloriously oversize full-bleed vintage prints, paintings and visual miscellanea that have become part of his work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2016

Meanwhile, William took photographs of old folios and enlarged them.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

All books for office use are either folioed or paged, i.e., either each page or each sheet gets a consecutive number in order to facilitate reference from the index.

From Practical Bookbinding by Paul Adam

Maccabees, 474 ll. folioed, N. T. 122 leaves, 'A Briefe Table' HH h iii to LLl iii.,

From Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs by J. Herbert (John Herbert) Slater




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