See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• JOHN BASKERVILLE (1706-1775)

BASKERVILLE (1706-1775)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English printer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Wolverley in See also:

• WORCESTERSHIRE

Worcestershire on the 28th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1706 . About 1726 he became a See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master at See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham, and he seems to have had a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent for calligraphy and for cutting See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions in See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone . While at Birmingham he made some important improvements in the See also:

• PROCESS

process of See also:

• JAPANNING

japanning, and gained a considerable See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune . About the See also:

• YEAR

year 1950 he began to make experiments in type-See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding, producing types much See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior in distinctness and elegance to any that had hitherto been employed . He set up a See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, and in 1757 published his first See also:

• WORK

work, a See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil in royal See also:

• QUARTO

quarto, followed, in 1758, by his famous edition of See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton . In that year he was appointed printer to the university of See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, and undertook See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible and the See also:

• BOOK

Book of See also:

• COMMON

Common See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

Prayer . The See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace, published in 1762, is distinguished even among the productions of the See also:

• BASKERVILLE, JOHN (1706-1775)

Baskerville See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press for its correctness and for the beauty of the See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper and type . ' A second Horace appeared in 1770 in quarto, and its success encouraged Baskerville to publish a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of quarto editions of Latin authors, which included See also:

• CATULLUS, GAIUS VALERIUS (?84-J4 B.C.)

Catullus, See also:

• TIBULLUS, ALBIUS (c. 54–19 B.c.)

Tibullus, See also:

• PROPERTIUS, SEXTUS (ft. 30-15 B.C.)

Propertius, See also:

• LUCRETIUS (TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS) (c. 98–55 B.C.)

Lucretius, See also:

• TERENCE

Terence, See also:

• SALLUST [Gams SALLUSTIUS CRlspus] (86–34 B.c.)

Sallust and See also:

• FLORUS
• FLORUS, JULIUS
• FLORUS, PUBLIUS ANNIUS

Florus . This See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of books issued by Baskerville from his press lends some See also:

• IRONY (Gr. dipaweLa, from eipwv, one who says less than he means, eiepees, to speak)

irony to the allegation that he was a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person of no See also:

• EDUCATION

education . These books are admirable specimens of See also:

• TYPOGRAPHY (i.e. writing by types)

typography; and Baskerville is deservedly ranked among the foremost of those who have advanced the See also:

• ART

art of printing . His contemporaries asserted that his books owed more to the quality of the paper and See also:

• INK (from Late Lat. encaustum, Gr. gysavorov, the purple ink used by Greek and Roman emperors, from iyKaiew, to burn in)

ink than to the type itself, but the difficulty in obtaining specimens from the Baskerville press shows the estimation in which they are now held . His wife, Sarah Baskerville, carried on the business for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time after his See also:

• DEATH

death, which took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place on the 8th of January 1775 .