Porson (Richard, classical scholar, 1759-1808) Porson's Book Notes, 4 ?autograph manuscript notes (1 page of Anacreon and another titled "A Watch Paper"), 2 in Greek and 2 in English in miniscule writing, browned, laid down on card, v.s., v.d. [c. 1800] (4 pieces).
⁂ "Perhaps Porson's most lasting legacy resides in that most characteristic expression of his better selfhis Greek handwriting. It is elegant, it is sensitive, it is self-confident, it is a visual embodiment of all the best which the reader hopes from the best ideas within the text. Porson type is now the most commonly printed font for classical Greek text in the English-speaking world and is likely to continue as such for centuries." - Oxford DNB.
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