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Baskerville

Baskerville, John, born in Worcestershire in 1700, began life as a writing-master in Birmingham, and taking to manufacturing made a fortune. In 1750 he turned printer and type-founder, producing some remarkably beautiful editions of the classics, which are the more valuable as the number was limited. He died in 1775.