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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 El·ze·vir /ˈɛlzəˌvɪr/
 (a.)荷蘭出版家Elzerir出版的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 El·ze·vir a. Bibliog. Applied to books or editions (esp. of the Greek New Testament and the classics) printed and published by the Elzevir family at Amsterdam, Leyden, etc., from about 1592 to 1680; also, applied to a round open type introduced by them.
    The Elzevir editions are valued for their neatness, and the elegant small types used.   --Brande & C.