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EAELY ROMAN TYPES. 23 a good form. It does not surprise us to learn that this face of type was only acceptable, barely so, to the scholars of the university whose printer he was, and that, in all books for popular use, he was obliged to make use of the Round Grothic. The first really good form was made by Nicholas Jenson Printed from at Venice, and shown for the first time in his edition of motousa. E VSEBIVM Pamphili deeuangelicapreparatione latinum ex graco beatiffime pater luflu tuo effeci , Nam quom eum uinim turn eloquetia: tu multaijr rerum peritiaiet fgenii mitabili flumine ex his quae iam tradufta funt praeftatiflimum fancftitas tua iu' dicet: atqj ideo quaccuqj apud gracos ipfius opera extet lanna facere fftituerit: euangelica praepatione quxin urbe forte reperta eft: primum aggrefTi tra' Nicholas Jenson, Venice, 1470. From his edition of Eusebius. Eusebius, in 1470. Compared with modern letter it may seem rude and coarse, but the simplicity and beauty of his design can be perceived by the expert, even where his lines have been partially obscured by thick presswork and superiority of . . Jenson's form imperfect copying. One cannot rail to note the improved of Roman, roundness and clearness and even lining of his letter, and its general symmetry in the combinations of composition. Jenson gave to Venice a reputation for typography which