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 DUTCH TYPES. 47 Amsterdam, den 3 January 1681. Mevrouwe : Wesende te rade geworden om mijne scbrift gieterije te verkopen, also ick mijselve niet bequaem oordeele alles te beheeren, bestaet uyt zj soorten van stempels en bij 50 ofMoretU8 - soorten van matrijsen, en gemaekt wesende bij Cbristoffel van Dijck, de beste meester van sijnen en onsen tijdt, en bij gevolge de beroemste gieterije, die ooyt is gewecst, so bebbe qulks UE. wel willen bekent maken, en de proeven en catalogue daervan senden, op dat UE. genegentbeyt tot Les Elzevler, deselve bebbende UE. tijdt kan waernemen, en profijt doen. p. ixxxi. Waermede blijve Mevrouwe UEd .... Pro de weduwe van Dan. Elsevier. Amsterdam, January 3, 1681. Madame : Not believing that I am competent to manage everything, I have decided to sell my type-foundry. It consists of 27 suites of punches and 50 suites of matrices, which are the work of Christopher I/an Dijck, the best master of his time, and of our own. This foundry is, consequently, the most famous ever made. I wish to inform you of the Translation. intended sale, and to send you the specimens and the catalogue, so that, if so disposed, you can sei^e the occasion, and profit by it. I am, madame, Yours, etc., for the widow of Daniel Elsevier, Imitation of Italic types used by John Elzevir at Leyden in 1659. From the foundry of Gustave Mayeur, Paris.