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Or the notion that McCartney might very well have gleaned the phrase "let it be" from Shakespeare's "Hamlet" — but mercifully, not from the bad quarto, it turns out.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2021

While sifting through details of how in the course of history someone passed on an obscure quarto edition to someone else, it is hard not to think that the curse is on the reader.

From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2019

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 ● Oct. 6, 2015

And in Henry VI, Part Two, the Folio version has the King enter "on the Tarras", a somewhat redundant elaboration on the King's entrance in the quarto.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2013

His next publication was "The Excursion, being a portion of The Recluse," printed in quarto in the autumn of 1814.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various

Before then, only 18 had been printed, in small paperback editions known as quartos.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2023

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

From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2015

Nor should we assume that Shakespeare's quartos represent "pure", unadulterated texts.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2013

After his handbook, King began producing big, voluptuous hardback quartos, often using the photographs he had assembled for his guide.

From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2010

However, demand was fully re-established in the decade 1600-1609, and not just for the new more complex commentaries such as that of Clavius, published in fat quartos, but also for cheap octavo editions.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton