April 12, 2024
1763 JOHN BASKERVILLE Book Common Prayer HOLY BIBLE English FINE BINDING Antique
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The Book of Common Prayer, and administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches.Cambridge : Printed by John Baskerville, Printer to the University ; by whom they are sold, and by B. Dod, Bookseller, in Ave-Mary Lane, London, MDCCLXI. [1761]Rare specimen of the Book of Common Prayer, the third edition of the Prayer book printed by the legendary printer John Baskerville . John Baskerville (1706-1775) was born at Wolverley, near Kidderminster to a small farming and landowning family. He moved to Birmingham in 1726, working as a writing-master, a letter-cutter and a japanner (working in varnished goods to imitate Japanese lacquer). About 1750 he began to plan an additional career as a printer and typefounder, being particularly concerned to perfect a beautiful typeface, more aligned to the work of writing-masters using the new calligraphic styles of Europe than the two-hundred-year-old traditions of English printing. Additionally, he was concerned with constructing printing presses to a high standard in order to produce a very accurate impression, and with the quality of his ink and paper. The London-based book trade, accustomed to the more traditional types of
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