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The biography traces the rise of a provincial artisan from modest beginnings in a thriving manufacturing town to prominence as a type-founder and printer. It places his activities in the social and commercial context of his community and describes his early work as a writing-master and stone cutter that shaped his sense of letterforms. The author recounts his commercial success in japanning, inventive manufacturing methods, and the comfortable estate his earnings purchased. The book concludes by examining his experiments with type design, paper treatment, and printing technique that secured his reputation.

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Title: John Baskerville, type-founder and printer, 1706-1775

Author: Jr. Josiah H. Benton

Release date: June 30, 2023 [eBook #71072]

Language: English

Original publication: United States: The Merrymount Press, 1914

Credits: The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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