Look up: Elzevir

1. Elzevir
   El'ze·vir adjective (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 introd...
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2. Elzevir
   • (a.) 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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3. Elzevir
   Elzevir, or Elzevier was the name of a family of publishers and printers, residing at Amsterdam and Leyden, celebrated for the beauty of the editions of various works published by them, principally from 1595 to 1680. Louis Elzevir, the founder of the family was born in 1540 and died in 1617. He sett...
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