Our idea of what he looked like is based on the engraving in the " First Folio."

们对于莎翁长相想法是以《第一对》这幅版画为依据。

In France I had published a two-volume work, in quarto, entitled The Mysteries of the Great Ocean Depths.

以前在法国出版过一部八书，共两册，书名为：《海底》。

Often has my heart ached with regret for those quartos.

常常为那些四而后悔不已。

It is announced that they will form two octavo volumes of six hundred pages each.

据宣布，他们将组成两八，每六百页。

To possess those clean-paged quartos I would have sold my coat.

要拥有那些页面干净四， 会卖掉外套。

The account of the French taxes, which takes up three volumes in quarto, may be regarded as perfectly authentic.

法国税收账目占四三卷， 可以说是完全真实。

In France I had published a two–volume work, in quarto, entitled The Mysteries of the Great Ocean Depths.

在法国， 出版了一两卷四，题为《大洋处奥》。

It was (I still have it before my eyes) a collection in folio, written in a good hand of last century.

那是（眼前还保存着它）一对合集， 出自上个世纪一手好手。

The author of a two-volume work, in quarto, on The Mysteries of the Great Ocean Depths has no excuse for not setting sail with Commander Farragut.

两人著作《海底》作者。不能不跟法拉古司令一同出发。

It poured itself out, higgledy-piggledy, in torrents of rhyme and prose, poetry and philosophy which stand congealed in quartos and folios that nobody ever reads.

它以韵律和散文、诗歌和哲学洪流倾泻而出，杂乱无章，凝结在没人读过四和对中。

'I suppose they are those heavy ones, sir, ' said Oliver, pointing to some large quartos, with a good deal of gilding about the binding.

“想它们是那些沉重， 先生，” 奥利弗指着一些大四说， 装订处有很多镀金。

Between the rose bowls the books were duly set out–a row of nursery quartos opened invitingly each at some gaily coloured image of beast or fish or bird.

把书在花钵行列之间排——一大排幼儿园用四大书翻了来，露出了一些色彩鲜艳鸟儿、野兽和鱼形象，美丽动人。

The author of a two–volume work, in quarto, on The Mysteries of the Great Ocean Depths has no excuse for not setting sail with Commander Farragut.

两卷四《大洋处之谜》作者没有理由不与法拉格特指挥官一起起航。

This catalogue consists of two volumes in folio, which were placed in his gallery, bound in red morocco, with his crest on and the edges gilded.

这目录包括两册对， 放在他画廊里， 用红色摩洛哥皮装订， 上面有他徽章， 边缘镀金。

What was the good of all this fuss about an old quarto, bound in rough calf, a yellow, faded volume, with a ragged seal depending from it?

对一旧四大惊小怪有什么好处，它是用粗糙小牛皮装订， 是一黄色、褪色书，上面有一个破旧印章？

He weighed the gold flagons in his hand, opened all the folios, and investigated the arms upon the shield, and the stuff with which the seats were lined.

他掂了掂手中金壶，打所有对，查看了盾牌上纹章，以及座椅衬里材料。

He welcomed wet days because on them he could stay at home without pangs of conscience and spend the afternoon with white of egg and a glue-pot, patching up the Russia leather of some battered quarto.

他欢迎下雨日子，因为在雨天他可以待在家里而不必担心良心问题，用蛋清和胶水罐度过一个下午，修补一些破旧四俄罗斯皮革。

The famed first folio of Shakespeare's plays was  published in 1623. Although 19 of his works had been published in various forms during his  lifetime, this brought 36 plays attributed to Shakespeare into print in one volume.

著名莎士比亚戏剧第一对于 1623 年出版。尽管他一生中以各种形式出版了 19 部作品，但这使得莎士比亚 36 部戏剧被印刷成一卷。

All the books visible here were folios too big to be stolen—some lying on a heavy oak table in one corner, some on the floor among the pictures, the whole intermingled with old coats, hats, umbrellas, and walking-sticks.

这里能看到所有书籍都是大到无法偷走对——一些放在角落里一张厚重橡木桌上，一些放在地板上图片中间，全部与旧外套、帽子、雨伞和手杖混在一起。

There were many older ones also in bindings of calf and pigskin, treasure from half the bookshops in Europe; and there were huge folios like Prussian grenadiers; and tiny Elzevirs, which had been read by patrician ladies in Venice.

还有许多旧书也是小牛皮和猪皮装订，是半数欧洲书店珍品；还有像普鲁士掷弹兵一样巨大对；和小 Elzevirs，威尼斯贵族女士们都读过。