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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). |
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Eighteenth-Century Worlds
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Eighteenth-century worlds.
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List of Figures viiAcknowledgements xiForeword xiiiTimeline xvBaskerville Family Tree xviiIntroduction: John Baskerville: Art and Industry ofthe Enlightenment 1Caroline Archer-Parré and Malcolm Dick1 The Topographies of a Typographer: Mapping JohnBaskerville since the Eighteenth Century 9Malcolm Dick2 Baskerville's Birmingham: Printing and the English Urban Renaissance 25John Hinks3 Place, Home and Workplace: Baskerville's Birthplaceand Buildings 42George Demidowicz4 John Baskerville: Japanner of 'Tea Trays and otherHousehold Goods' 71Yvonne Jones5 John Baskerville, William Hutton and their Social Networks 87Susan Whyman6 John Baskerville the Writing Master: Calligraphy and Typein the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 113Ewan Clayton7 A Reappraisal of Baskerville's Greek Types 133Gerry Leonidas8 John Baskerville's Decorated Papers 151Barry McKay and Diana Patterson9 The 'Baskerville Bindings' 166Aurélie Martin10 After the 'Perfect Book': English Printers and their Use ofBaskerville's Type, 1767-90 185Martin Killeen11 The Cambridge Cult of the Baskerville Press 206Caroline Archer-ParréAppendix 1 The 'Baskerville Bindings' 222Appendix 2 Members of the Baskerville Club 226Appendix 3 Comparative Bibliography 230Further Reading 248General Bibliography 255Notes on the Contributors 260Index 263. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-259) and index. |
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List of Figures vii -- Acknowledgements xi -- Foreword xiii -- Timeline xv -- Baskerville Family Tree xvii -- Introduction: John Baskerville: Art and Industry of the Enlightenment; Caroline Archer-Parre and Malcolm Dick -- The Topographies of a Typographer: Mapping John Baskerville since the Eighteenth Century; Malcolm Dick -- Baskerville's Birmingham: Printing and the English Urban Renaissance; John Hinks -- Place, Home and Workplace: Baskerville's Birthplace and Buildings; George Demidowicz -- John Baskerville: Japanner of 'Tea Trays and other Household Goods'; Yvonne Jones -- John Baskerville, William Hutton and their Social Networks; Susan Whyman -- John Baskerville the Writing Master: Calligraphy and Typein the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; Ewan Clayton -- A Reappraisal of Baskerville's Greek Types; Gerry Leonidas -- John Baskerville's Decorated Papers; Barry McKay and Diana Patterson -- The 'Baskerville Bindings'; Aurelie Martin -- After the 'Perfect Book': English Printers and their Use of Baskerville's Type, 1767-90; Martin Killeen -- The Cambridge Cult of the Baskerville Press; Caroline Archer-Parre -- The 'Baskerville Bindings' -- Members of the Baskerville Club -- Comparative Bibliography -- Further Reading -- General Bibliography -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index. |
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"This book is concerned with the eighteenth-century typographer, printer, industrialist and Enlightenment figure, John Baskerville (1707-75). Baskerville was a Birmingham inventor, entrepreneur and artist with a worldwide reputation who made eighteenth-century Birmingham a city without typographic equal, by changing the course of type design. Baskerville not only designed one of the world's most historically important typefaces, he also experimented with casting and setting type, improved the construction of the printing press, developed a new kind of paper and refined the quality of printing inks. His typographic experiments put him ahead of his time, had an international impact and did much to enhance the printing and publishing industries of his day. Yet despite his importance, fame and influence many aspects of Baskerville's work and life remain unexplored and his contribution to the arts, industry, culture and society of the Enlightenment are largely unrecognized."-- Provided by publisher. |
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Baskerville, John, 1706-1775.
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Baskerville, John, 1706-1775. |
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Printers -- Great Britain.
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Printers. |
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Great Britain. |
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Type and type-founding -- Great Britain.
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Type and type-founding. |
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 18th Century. |
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CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Book Printing & Binding. |
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DESIGN -- Book. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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History.
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Dick, Malcolm, author.
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Print version: 9781786940643 |
| ISBN |
9781786948601 (electronic book) |
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1786948605 (electronic book) |
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9781786940643 (hardback) |
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1786940647 |
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