An Elzevir cast by Générale and later Beaudoire in roman and italic styles. Considerable differences across the sizes, e.g., ‘s’ w/ ball terminals in sizes from 18pt (No. 1) and 16pt (No. 2) upward. The sample shows the 12pt cut. Also named Elzevir Ordinaire in distinction from Elzevir Estienne. Elzevir romain No. 2 is distinguished by curved serifs for ‘bdnpqru’ (only in the 18pt size?) [c.1896 specimen]

Following – and partly directly copied from – the private types by Louis Perrin and Pierre Jannet. “The capitals and two sizes of lowercase (9 and 11) are first shown in a specimen supplement of about 1860 and the full series in another supplement of about 1863 […] In the course of years several of the original key characters, such as a, g, and s, were replaced by a ‘No. 2’ version and new sizes were added by other hands. This made the Fonderie Générale's Elzévir family gradually a conglomerate of disparate principles, held together by the name, and by the overall unity of the capitals and of the text sizes in roman and italic; it had nothing like the con- sistency of the Mayeur and Deberny families, neither of which had ‘grown’, but were conceived as such.” [Ovink 1971]

Accompanied by the fat Elzevir Gras.