Baskerville Tercentenary
Since John Baskerville was baptized on 28 January 1706 (old style), he was probably born a week or so earlier in January 1707 (as expressed in the ‘new style’ that we use today, in which the year begins on 1 January). Doing research for his projected Baskerville exhibition, which never took place, Justin Howes turned up this completely unknown specimen of Baskerville’s Small Pica in the Warwickshire County Record Office.
Since John Baskerville was baptized on 28 January 1706 (old style), he was probably born a week or so earlier in January 1707 (as expressed in the ‘new style’ that we use today, in which the year begins on 1 January). Doing research for his projected Baskerville exhibition, which never took place, Justin Howes turned up this completely unknown specimen of Baskerville’s Small Pica in the Warwickshire County Record Office.
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Baskerville Tercentenary