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- ↑ France, Dictionnaire encyclopedique. Philippe Le-Bas - 1843 "LEJAY (Gui-Michel), avocat au parlement de Paris, né dans cette ville en 1588, mort doyen de Vezelay en 1674, est connu par la Bible polyglotte, dont il a été éditeur,"
- ↑ Biographie universelle, Michaud - 1827 " ... qui avaient paru jusqualors, sans en excepter celle de Lejay, qui sedistingue néanmoins par la beauté des caractères "
- ↑ A new general biographical dictionary Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, Thomas Wright - 1853 - Volume 4 - Page 182 "He died while saying mass, October 12, 1629. During his life he was the patron of letters, and smoothed obstacles at Rome to the printing of Lejay's Polyglott. His own works, which were chiefly controversial, had great popularity in their day."
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