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Birminghamiae: Johannis Baskerville(typis), 1772. First Edition. Quarto. . First Baskerville edition. 364pp., John Baskerville (1706-1775) was forty-four when he gave up engraving to establish his own printing business. He developed a beautiful typeface and new recipes for ink. To print his delicate new font, Baskerville needed a "kiss impression," that..... More