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

我对于莎翁长相的想法以《第一对》这幅版画为依据的。

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

我以前在法国出版过一部的书，共两册，书名为：《海底的神秘》。

Often has my heart ached with regret for those quartos.

我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，他将组成两，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的四， 我会卖掉我的外套。

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

法国税收的账目占四三卷， 可以说完全真实的。

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

在法国， 我出版了一两卷的四，题为《大洋处的奥秘》。

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

那（我眼前还保存着）一对合集， 出自上个世纪的一手好手。

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.

两人的著作《海底的神秘》的作者。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.

以韵律和散文、诗歌和哲学的洪流倾泻而出，杂乱无章，凝结在没人读过的四和对中。

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

“我想那些沉重的， 先生，” 奥利弗指着一些大的四说， 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.

把书在花钵的行列之间排——一大排幼儿园用的四大书翻了来，露出了一些色彩鲜艳的鸟儿、野兽和鱼的形象，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》的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， 放在他的画廊里， 用红色摩洛哥皮装订， 上面有他的徽章， 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，用粗糙的小牛皮装订的， 一黄色、褪色的书，上面有一个破旧的印章？

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.

他掂了掂手中的金壶，打所有的对，查看了盾牌上的纹章，以及座椅衬里的材料。

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.

他欢迎下雨的日子，因为在雨天他可以待在家里而不必担心良心的问题，用蛋清和胶水罐度过一个下午，修补一些破旧的四的俄罗斯皮革。

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.

著名的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，但这使得莎士比亚的 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.

这里能看到的所有书籍都大到无法偷走的对——一些放在角落里一张厚重的橡木桌上，一些放在地板上的图片中间，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.

还有许多旧书也小牛皮和猪皮装订的，半数欧洲书店的珍品；还有像普鲁士掷弹兵一样的巨大对；和小的 Elzevirs，威尼斯的贵族女士都读过。