John Baskerville

(1706-1775)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Baskerville, John, 1706-1775 DNB: Baskerville, John (1706-1775), printer and typefounder LBT ID: JoBaske1775 VIAF ID: 73971148 LOC ID: n81103313	B/BAP: 1706 DIED: 1775-01
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Birmingham printer who designed the typeface that bears his name; his folio Bible was issued in 1763.
REFERENCES TO John Baskerville: Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton, 11 June 1827 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 5 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter X 1819 Found 1: ¶ 6 Chapter XII 1824 Found 1: ¶ n2 Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1827 Found 1: ¶ 5