It looks like you're offline.
Donate
Change Website Language
Open Library logo
additional options menu
Last edited by MARC Bot
September 30, 2020 | History
Edit

John Baskerville

An English businessman, in areas including japanning and papier-mâché, but he is best remembered as a printer and type designer (Wikipedia).

We need a photo of John Baskerville

British printer

Born 28 January 1706
Died 8 January 1775

32 works Add another?

Sorting by Sorted by: Most Editions | First Published | Most Recent | Top Rated | Reading Log | Random

Showing all works by author. Would you like to see only ebooks?

  • Cover of: Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica Georgica et Aeneis ...: John Baskerville proposes ... to print ... an elegant edition of Virgil ...

    First published in 1754 1 edition in 1 language
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: [Specimen of a complete alphabet of Baskerville Great Primer type].

    First published in 1974 1 edition in 1 language
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Grave stones cut in any of the hands by John Baskerville, writing master.

    First published in 1980 1 edition in 1 language
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Preface to Milton's 'Paradise lost'

    First published in 1935 1 edition in 1 language
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Épreuves des caractères de Baskerville.

    First published in 1782 1 edition in 1 language
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Seventeen letters of the famous eighteenth century printer, with a bibliography of works printed by him at Birmingham.

    First published in 1933 1 edition in 1 language
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Some correspondence concerning the making of printing type

    First published in 1991 1 edition in 1 language
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: A specimen

    First published in 1757 1 edition in 1 language
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: A specimen by John Baskerville of Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Letter-Founder and Printer.

    First published in 1754 1 edition in 1 language
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: A specimen by John Baskerville of Birmingham, letter-founder and printer.

    First published in 1760 1 edition in 1 language
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: [Specimen of] Proposals for printing by subscription the poetical works of John Milton: In two volumes. From the text of Thomas Newton D.D. Volume the first.

    First published in 1757 1 edition in 1 language
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Specimen of the 4° Virgil, with proposals, 1754.

    First published in 1754 1 edition in 1 language
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
We need a photo of John Baskerville

British printer

Born 28 January 1706
Died 8 January 1775
Subjects
Printing, Specimens, Type and type-founding, Bible, Bibliography, Criticism, interpretation, Examples, History, Latin Didactic poetry, Latin Epic poetry, Latin Pastoral poetry, Words
Places
England
People
John Milton (1608-1674), Virgil, Jesus Christ, John Baskerville (1706-1775), Robert Dodsley (1703-1764)
Time
18th century

Lists

Add to List

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

ID Numbers

Links (outside Open Library)

No links yet. Add one?

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
August 20, 2016 Edited by Agnes Reid Very brief bio & Wikipedia link added
June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import