Read full poem →BOWYER for BERNARD LINTOT, between the Temple Gates, 1717.
4to and folio.
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A size of paper (7.5"-10" x 10"-12.5" or 190-254 x 254-312 mm). Formed by folding and cutting one of several standard sizes of paper (15"-20" x 20"-25" or 381-508 x 508-635 mm) twice to form 4 leaves (eight sides).
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4to small4to royal4to crown4to demy4to oblong4to imperial
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Poetry examples for “4to”
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Read full poem →Captain Thompson published the first full
edition of the whole works. In his three 4to
vols, he made use of a MS. commonplace
Read full poem →3. "Mr. Smirke, or the Divine in Mode.
By Andreas Rivetus, Junior." 1676, 4to.
Read full poem →with alterations and additions, after the manner ^of an opera, represented
at the Queen's Theatre, and printed 4to. London, 1690. For the plot
consult Eusebius, lib. viii. Nicephoms, lib. vi. and vii. Vopisc. Car. and
Read full poem →Falentinian, a tragedy revived not long ago by that ^reat wit, the
Earl of Rochester; acted at the Theatre Royal, and printed in 4to. 1685,
with a preface concerning the author and his writings. For the plot see
Read full poem →1 . Every Man in his Humour. A Comedy. 1.5Q8.4to,
Read full poem →Leander. By Christopher Marloe. London, Printed by Adam Islip, for
Edward Blunt._ 1598. 4to. The title-page of the second edition, which
contains the complete poem, is _Hero and Leander: Begun by Christopher
Read full poem →(The first 4to of 1598 has o/, reminds me that this old pro-
Read full poem →'Boetius de Consolatione Philosophiæ, translated by George Coluile, alias
Coldewel. London: by John Cawoode; 1556. 4to.' This work was dedicated to
Queen Mary, and reprinted in 1561; and again, without date.