Prepared as a paper for the Boston Society of Printers in 1914, this short life follows John Baskerville from his Birmingham beginnings to his fine editions of Virgil and the Bible and his sale of Greek types to Oxford. Josiah Benton, a collector of his books, ends with a list of the Baskerville imprints in his library.
A compact tribute to one of the great figures of English typography. Download the free EPUB.