Order Nr. 143162 JOHN BASKERVILLE, TYPE-FOUNDER AND PRINTER 1706-1775 [with] TWO CENTURIES OF TYPEFOUNDING ANNALS OF THE LETTER FOUNDRY ESTABLISHED BY WILLIAM CASLON IN CHISWELL STREET, LONDON, IN THE YEAR 1720. Josiah Henry McRae Benton, John Findlay, with.

JOHN BASKERVILLE, TYPE-FOUNDER AND PRINTER 1706-1775 [with] TWO CENTURIES OF TYPEFOUNDING ANNALS OF THE LETTER FOUNDRY ESTABLISHED BY WILLIAM CASLON IN CHISWELL STREET, LONDON, IN THE YEAR 1720.

  • Bristol & Tokyo: Thoemmes & Kinokuniya, 1996.
  • tall 8vo
  • cloth
  • vi, 78; 94 pages.

Price: $45.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 143162

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Reprint edition, two volumes in one (Smith no.405 for John Baskerville). A fine copy of this scarce reprint.

For the Baskerville portion: Frontispiece engraving of Baskerville executed by Emery Walker, facsimile of a letter from Baskerville dated 1756 and one other plate.

For the Caslon portion: Illustrated. With a foldout facsimile of Caslon's first specimen sheet.

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