(Lewis, Bonaventure, Abraham, Lewis, and Daniel), five celebrated printers at Amsterdam and Leyden; who greatly adorned the republic of letters by beautiful editions of the best authors of antiquity. Lewis began to be famous at Leyden about the year 1595; and was the first who distinguished the v consonant from the u vowel. Daniel died about the year 1680, and was the last of the family who excelled in the printing art. The Elzevirs printed several catalogues of their editions; but the last, published by EMB [2718] EMB

Embalming Daniel, is considerably enlarged; it was printed at Amsterdam in 1674. The types of these printers were so elegant, that their name has been given to all beautiful types, particularly of the small kind; ever since.