Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
Series |
Eighteenth-century worlds |
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Eighteenth-century worlds.
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Summary |
The eighteenth-century typographer, printer, industrialist and Enlightenment figure, John Baskerville (1707-75) was an 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. This volume explores Baskerville in his social and economic context and evaluates his impact |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Audience |
Specialized |
Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 19, 2019) |
Subject |
Baskerville, John, 1706-1775.
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SUBJECT |
Baskerville, John, 1706-1775. fast (OCoLC)fst00078988 |
Subject |
Printers -- England -- Birmingham -- Biography
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Printers -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
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Type and type-founding -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
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Printers.
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Type and type-founding.
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England -- Birmingham.
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Great Britain.
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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History.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Archer-Parré, Caroline, editor
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Dick, Malcolm, editor
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ISBN |
9781786945143 |
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1786945142 |
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1786948605 |
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9781786948601 |
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