John Baskerville : art and industry of the Enlightenment

"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.)

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9781786940643 ; 1786940647
• Dimensions: 25 cm
• Extent: xvii, 269 Seiten
• Edition: First published
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Illustrationen ; Literaturangaben Seiten 248-259 ; Enthält Index

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Industrielle und handwerkliche Fertigung
• Keyword: Baskerville, John ; Geschichte 1701-1800 ; Buchdruck ; Birmingham

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Liverpool
• (who): Liverpool University Press
• (when): 2017
• Creator: Archer-Parré, Caroline ; Dick, Malcolm
• Contributor: Uglow, Jenny

Further information

• Table of contents: https://d-nb.info/1144377307/04
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• Last update: 11.03.2025, 11:59 AM CET