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Webster 1913 Edition


Elzevir

El′ze-vir

,
Adj.
(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.
The
Elzevir
editions are valued for their neatness, and the elegant small types used.
Brande & C.