H
Handy, John, works for Baskerville, 22.
Hansard, Thomas Curson, gives recipe of Baskerville’s ink, 25-26;
quoted, on Baskerville’s edition of Milton, 30;
on his processes of work, 46;
his criticism of Martin’s types, 53.
Harwood, Edward, quoted, on Baskerville’s edition of Virgil, 28;
of Horace, 41;
suggests that English nation should purchase Baskerville’s types, 51.
Herschel, Sir William, 16.
Hervey, James, his _Meditations_ printed in Baskerville type, 51.
Hollar, Wenzel, 39.
Home, John, 15.
Horace, edition of, 33, 39, 40, 46;
Dr. Harwood’s remarks on, 41.
Horne, Thomas Hartwell, quoted, 47.
Hot-pressing, Baskerville’s process of, 24-25, 46.
Huckell, Rev. John, his _Avon_ printed, 35.
_Hudibras_, Baskerville’s admiration for, 17-18.
Hutton, William, 10;
quoted, 6, 8, 11.
I
Ibarra, Joachim, 58.
Ink, printers’, 25-26.
J
James, Thomas, type-founder, 57.
Japanned ware, 3, 19.
Johnson, Dr. Samuel, 28, 36.
Juvenal, edition of, 39, 55.
K
Kehl, printing-press at, 52.
Kippis, Andrew, 16, 46.
Knott, Jonathan, 61.
L
Livie, John, edits Horace, for Baskerville, 40, 41.
Lowndes, William Thomas, on Baskerville’s Bible, 32.
Luckombe, Philip, 24.
Lucretius, edition of, 39, 40, 46.
Luna Club, Birmingham, 16.
M
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Baron, quoted, 28.
Manutius, Aldus, 37;
Baskerville compared to, 17, 38.
Marston, Mr., of Birmingham, 61.
Martin, William, type-cutter, disciple of Baskerville, 53.
Mazyck, Isaac, 28.
Merrymount Press, 52.
Middle classes, rise of influence of, 1.
Milton, John, edition of his _Paradise Lost_, 10-12, 20, 21, 43, 46.
Minden, battle of, 1.
Molini Brothers, Ariosto printed for, by Baskerville, 41-42.
Montreal, capture, by English, 1.
Mores, Edward Rowe, his abuse of Baskerville, 10, 37;
quoted, 12, 44;
note upon, 12 _n._
N
Newton, Thomas, Bp. of Bristol, 21.
Nichols, John, quoted, 12;
printer and author, 13.
Noble, Mark, his description of Baskerville, 9;
sketch of, 9 _n._
Norris, Isaac, 29.
O
_Orlando Furioso_, 42, 46.
Oxford, University of. _See_ University of Oxford.
P
Palmer, Samuel, 24.
Paper, Baskerville’s manufacture of, 43-45.
_Paradise Lost_, 10-11, 20.
Paterson, Samuel, 9.
Persius, edition of, 39, 55.
Pickering, William, 54;
prints last English book with Baskerville’s types, 53.
Pine, John, 39.
Pitt, William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1.
Plantin, Christophel, 38.
Plassey, battle of, 1.
Ponce, Nicolas, 39.
Pope, Alexander, 36.
Prayer Book. _See_ Common Prayer, Book of.
Printing, in England, in seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries,
56, 57.
Propertius, edition of, 40.
Protestant Dissenting Charity School, Birmingham, bequest of Baskerville
to, 59.
Psalms, versions of, printed by Baskerville, 32, 40.
R
Reed, Talbot Baines, quoted, on Baskerville’s work, 14, 29, 37,
47;
on survival of his types, 52, 53;
on Martin’s types, 53.
Robertson, James Craigie, 15.
Rossbach, battle of, 1.
Ryland, John, 61.
S
Sallust, edition of, 39, 40, 46.
Shaftesbury, 3d Earl of. _See_ Cooper, Sir Anthony Ashley.
Shakespeare Press, types used in, 53.
Shenstone, William, 34, 35;
Baskerville’s acquaintance with, 17, 18, 22;
quoted, on Baskerville’s edition of Horace, 40-41.
Smart, William, bookseller at Worcester, buys Baskerville prayer books,
33;
builds house called “Baskerville House,” 33.
Snuff-boxes, 3.
Stanhope, Philip Dormer, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, 36.
Stationers’ Company, payment to, for permission to print the Psalms, 32,
48, 49.
Stephen, H., 44.
Sternhold and Hopkins, their version of the Psalms printed by
Baskerville, 40.
Straus, Ralph, quotation from his _Robert Dodsley_, showing relations of
Dodsley and Baskerville, 16.
Straus, Ralph, and Robert K. Dent, their memoir of Baskerville, quoted,
43, 58.
Stuart, John, 3d Earl of Bute, 41.
T
Tate and Brady, their version of the Psalms printed by Baskerville, 40.
Taylor, John, carries on large business in japanned ware, 3, 4.
Tedder, Henry R., quoted, 16.
Terence, edition of, 39, 40, 46.
Tibullus, edition of, 40.
Title-pages, 54-55.
Tonson, Jacob, London bookseller, employs Baskerville to print an
edition of Milton, 21, 28;
procures type in Amsterdam, 57.
Type, Baskerville’s process of making, 23-24.
U
University of Cambridge, dealings of, with Baskerville, concerning
printing of Bible and Prayer Book, 32, 33, 48, 49.
University of Oxford, Baskerville makes Greek type for, 36-37.
V
_Viator_ (pseudonym), quoted, 10-11.
Virgil, editions of, 20, 23, 27-29, 39, 40, 43, 44, 45, 55;
subscribers to, 28.
Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de, Baskerville compared to, 9;
Baskerville’s admiration for, 18;
edition of his works in Baskerville’s types, 51-52.
W
Wale, Samuel, 41.
Walpole, Horace, 36;
letter of Baskerville to, 48-50.
Walpole, Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Orford, 1, 18.
Warren, Mr., quoted, on Baskerville’s _Aesop_, 34.
Wedgwood, Josiah, 16.
Wesley, Rev. John, 1.
Whitefield, Rev. George, 1.
Whittingham, Charles, printer, 39, 54.
Withering, Dr. William, 16.
Worlidge, Thomas, 39.
Y
Young, Edward, 36.
Z
Zatta, Antonio, 42.
Transcriber’s Notes
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