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A History of the Old English Letter Foundries

Note 381 — Chapter IX · THE LATER FOUNDERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.

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Proposuit quidem D. Junius multis antehac annis MS. hoc typis evulgare, cujus etiam specimen impressum vidi; sed consilium illius, multis viris doctis merito improbatum, ejus progressum retardavit; dum multa pro arbitrio ex MS. detruncaret et mutaret, idque cùm nulla premebat necessitas, prout ex Catalogo satis magno vocabulorum per pauca Geneseos capita, quæ ipse mutaverat et expunxerat (quem mihi ostendit Typographus) constat (Proleg., sec. ix, § 34).

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