A history of the old English letter foundries : with notes, historical and bibliographical, on the rise and progress of English typography. (1887)
Reed, Talbot Baines, 1852-1893 · London : E. Stock · leaf 306
l exists, in Mr. Timmins collection of Baskerville relics, a slate tablet beauti-fully engraved with the words Grave Stones cut in any of the Hands by John Baskervill,Writing Master, in which the admirable models of Roman and Italic for which he afterwardsbecame famous are clearly prefigured. 2 His… … S^yjZSM V-JJ£^$ 70. From Hansard. [face p. 26! John Baskerville. 269 attention to typography, and to add to his business of a japanner that of aprinter,1 The condition of printing in England at this period was still anythingbut satisfactory. Fine printing was an art unknown ; and although under…
Typography · Printing
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