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4to.

Arabic translation: كتاب من قطع الربع/ كتاب رُبعيُّ القياس

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English term or phrase:4to
Arabic translation:كتاب من قطع الربع/ كتاب رُبعيُّ القياس
Entered by: Muhammad Atallah

07:45 Mar 23, 2016
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: 4to.
Arabic meaning of ( 4to.)



Context:

Book Description:

Small 4to. Modern brown half calf, gold-tooled spine.
Tariq Shaar
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 13:04
كتاب من قطع الربع/ كتاب رُبعيُّ القياس
Explanation:
4to stands for quarto (قطع الربع)

وقطع الربع هو فرخ ورق يطوى مرتين مكونا ملزمة من أربعة أوراق. أما أفرخ قطع الثمن octavo، فهي تطوى مرتين لتعطي المقاسات التالية للكتب من قطع الربع بالبوصة، مع ملاحظة أن الأفرخ المزدوجة التي تطوى ثلاث مرات سوف تعطى نفس حجم الملازم ولكنها توصف ببليوجرافيا بأنها قطع الثمن وليس الربع.


quarto:
A book in which the sheets have been folded twice, the second fold at right angles to the first. The result is often squarer than the upright rectangular characteristic of the FOLIO , OCTAVO , and DUODECIMO . In books with laid paper the chain lines are horizontal. In England the quarto became an elegant format for published works in the first half of the 18th century.

In the 19th century, when the rapid mechanization of the printing industry took place, librarians began to apply the term format according to size rather than the way a book was put together. This has contributed considerably to the general confusion concerning format.
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Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 12:04
Grading comment
Thanks a lot that was very helpful, I appreciate it
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3كتاب من قطع الربع/ كتاب رُبعيُّ القياس
Muhammad Atallah
4 +2قطع الربع
Oz Hamdoun (X)


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
قطع الربع


Explanation:
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Oz Hamdoun (X)
United States
Local time: 05:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Liliane Hatem
2 hrs
  -> Chokran Liliane^^
agree  Morano El-Kholy
7 hrs
  -> شكرا أختي الفاضلة ^^
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
4to
كتاب من قطع الربع/ كتاب رُبعيُّ القياس


Explanation:
4to stands for quarto (قطع الربع)

وقطع الربع هو فرخ ورق يطوى مرتين مكونا ملزمة من أربعة أوراق. أما أفرخ قطع الثمن octavo، فهي تطوى مرتين لتعطي المقاسات التالية للكتب من قطع الربع بالبوصة، مع ملاحظة أن الأفرخ المزدوجة التي تطوى ثلاث مرات سوف تعطى نفس حجم الملازم ولكنها توصف ببليوجرافيا بأنها قطع الثمن وليس الربع.


quarto:
A book in which the sheets have been folded twice, the second fold at right angles to the first. The result is often squarer than the upright rectangular characteristic of the FOLIO , OCTAVO , and DUODECIMO . In books with laid paper the chain lines are horizontal. In England the quarto became an elegant format for published works in the first half of the 18th century.

In the 19th century, when the rapid mechanization of the printing industry took place, librarians began to apply the term format according to size rather than the way a book was put together. This has contributed considerably to the general confusion concerning format.


    Reference: http://cool.conservation-us.org/don/dt/dt2759.html
    Reference: http://www.elshami.com/Terms/Q/quarto.htm
Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 12:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
Thanks a lot that was very helpful, I appreciate it

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Saleh Dardeer: Two brilliant answers on time. However, my agree goes for the supported answer.
5 mins
  -> Thank you :)
agree  Liliane Hatem
2 hrs
agree  Morano El-Kholy
7 hrs
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