quarto

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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

“The Hamlet in particular is an interesting artifact,” he said, “since certain passages were omitted from the performance, and marked typographically in the quarto.”

From The Guardian

It fit perfectly into an eight-page pamphlet that could be quickly and cheaply printed and reprinted, each copy using but a single sheet of paper, folded in quarto.

From Washington Post

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

Some of the plays were printed individually while the Bard was alive, in small editions called quartos, apparently without his permission.

From Washington Post