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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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quartos and folios
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Two technical terms for book sizes (in the smaller quarto the printed sheet is folded twice, in the folio only once), widely known through their connection with *Shakespeare. During his lifetime 18 of his plays were published individually as quartos. Some were accurate versions but several are what are known as 'bad' quartos, pirated versions probably reconstructed from memory by an actor or prompter. It was not till after his death that his colleagues brought out a collected edition in the larger format, the *First Folio.
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