Rariora; being notes of some of the printed books, manuscripts, historical documents, medals, engravings, pottery, etc., collected (1858-1900) (1902)
Hodgkin, John Eliot · London : S. Low, Marston & Co., ltd. · leaf 226
y rough wayaccustomed to distinguish as old and modern orthography, although a distance of only twenty-one yearsdivides them. The first striking contrast is in the printing of the lower-case w, which is uniformly given in twodistinct vs [vv] in the earlier, and as a modern w in the later, edition.…
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