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A History of the Old English Letter Foundries

Note 250 — Chapter VI · THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY FOUNDRY.

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Catena Græcorum Patrum in Beatum Job . . . operâ et studio Patricii Junii, Bibliothecarii Regii, etc. Londini, ex Typographio Regio. 1637. Fol. In his dedication to the Archbishop, Young thus refers to the care taken by Laud in the purchase of the type: “Quod quidem si eâ fronte acceperis . . . quâ Britanniam denique characterum elegantiâ in omni linguarum genere locupletas, ac vicinis gentibus, non minus pulchrâ, quam politâ et accuratâ veterum scriptorum editione, invidendam reddis, etc.”

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