elzevir

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elzevir - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Elzevir \El"ze*vir\, a. (Bibliog.)
     Applied to books or editions (esp. of the Greek New Testament
     and the classics) printed and published by the Elzevir family
     at Amsterdam, Leyden, etc., from about 1592 to 1680; also,
     applied to a round open type introduced by them.
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           The Elzevir editions are valued for their neatness, and
           the elegant small types used.            --Brande & C.
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