Baskerville, John, a printer and typefounder, originally a writing-master in Birmingham; native of Sion Hill, Worcestershire; produced editions of classical works prized for their pre-eminent beauty by connoisseurs in the art of the printer, and all the more for their rarity (1706‒1756).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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