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in a Conical Building in my own premises Hearetofore used as a mill which I have lately Raised Higher and painted and in a vault which I have prepared for It. This Doubtless to many may appear a Whim perhaps It is so—But it is a whim for many years Resolve'd upon, as I have a Hearty Contempt for all
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the
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ARCHER-PARRÉ, Caroline & Malcom DICK (Editors), JOHN BASKERVILLE: Art and industry of the enlightenment. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2017. 8vo, (240x160mm), xviii,269p
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However, in 1821 a canal was built through the land and his body was placed on show by the landowner until Baskerville's family and friends arranged to have it moved to the
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as it is call'd Exclusive of the Scraps of Morality casually Intermixt with It to be the most Impudent Abuse of Common Sense which Ever was Invented to Befool Mankind.
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Superstition the Farce of a Consecrated Ground the Irish Barbarism of Sure and Certain Hopes &c I also consider
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by Neville Brandon Watts. The original recording was not preserved but a performance was staged by students at the
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The 20th century renewed interest in and appreciation for Baskerville's typefaces. His most notable typeface,
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Eliason, Craig (October 2015). ""Transitional" Typefaces: The History of a Typefounding Classification".
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Lyons, Martyn. (2011). Books: A living history. Los Angeles, CA: Getty Publications. pp. 111
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Baskerville innovated in printing, paper, and ink production. He worked with paper maker
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type face and a bridge between Old Style and Modern type design. Since the 1920s, many
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The existing monopoly an inadequate protection of the authorised version of scripture
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Baker, Anne Pimlott (23 September 2004). "Whatman, James (1702–1759), paper maker".
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Meggs, Philip B., Purvis, Alston W. "Graphic Design and the Industrial Revolution"
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requesting that he be reburied in unconsecrated ground, according to his wishes.
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of broadly similar appearance. His typefaces were greatly admired by
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In 1947, BBC radio broadcast a radio play about his burial, named
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In 1757, Baskerville published a remarkable quarto edition of
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John Baskerville : type-founder and printer, 1706 -1775
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John Baskerville of Birmingham Letter-Founder and Printer
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John Baskerville: Type-founder and Printer, 1706–1775
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to produce a smoother whiter paper, sometimes called
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In 1963 a petition was presented to 852: 760: 544: 199:, John Handy, in the design of many 1023:"A rare revival of a macabre story" 907:. Hoboken, N.J: Wiley, 2006. p.122. 737:. Wordsworth Editions. p. 59. 315:, is held to represent the peak of 13: 634:Robert Dodsley (22 January 2004). 14: 1262: 1251:Burials at Warstone Lane Cemetery 1153: 1115:. London: Frederick Muller, Ltd. 794:. London: Effingham Wilson et al. 378:. A copy of the script is in the 323:based on his work—mostly called ' 155:, and baptised on 28 January 1706 25:John Baskerville (disambiguation) 1169:Birmingham City Council page on 1090:John Baskerville: A Bibliography 717:. Hillard, Gray. pp. 212–5. 499: 487: 468: 447: 428: 350: 42: 1083:. 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Index

Baskerville
John Baskerville (disambiguation)

James Millar
Wolverley
Birmingham
type designer
japanning
papier-mâché
type designer

Wolverley
Kidderminster
Worcestershire
OS
NS
Library of Birmingham
japanning
Birmingham
Royal Society of Arts
Lunar Society
punchcutter
typefaces
Benjamin Franklin
typography
leading
Virgil
wove paper
University of Cambridge
atheist

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