Definitions for Elzevir

Elzevir El·ze·vir

Spelling: [el-zuh-veer, -ver, -suh-]
IPA: /ˈɛl zəˌvɪər, -vər, -sə-/

Elzevir is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in Elzevir (eeilrvz).

Definitions for Elzevir

noun

  1. Louis, c1540–1617, Dutch printer: founder of a printing firm at Leyden (1591?) that was operated by his descendants through the 18th century.
  2. a book produced by this printing house.
  3. a style of printing type with firm hairlines and stubby serifs.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Elzevir family or the books it published.
  2. indicating the type originated by this family.

Examples for Elzevir

No Elzevir p. 110is valuable unless it be clean and large in the margins.

A person who, if his life depended on it, could not have told an Aldine from an Elzevir.

Brunet as an "Inchruler," 26—his description of an Elzevir Cæsar, ib.

I would sooner have old Meg shave me than let her dust an Elzevir!

Difficult as the subject of the Elzevir press is, that of the Aldine press is more so.

His collection was especially rich in Elzevir editions, and in rare and beautiful books.

Elzevir Cæsar, Brunet's measurement of, 26—origin of its rarity, 66.

A complete catalogue of all the publications of the Elzevir presses.

The Elzevir family became famous on account of its duodecimos.

He had sold an Elzevir to pay for a carriage in which to go thither.

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