ADDISON, Jospeph. THE WORKS... With a Complete Index. Birmingham: John Baskervile for J. & R. Tonson, at Shakespear’s Head..., 1761. 4 vols, 4to, eng. frontis. portrait of the author after Kneller, 3 commperlplates engraving sby Hayman & Grignon, and a number of woodcuts. Contemp. tree calf, gilt tooled borders and spines, red & black gilt labels, joints of vol. 1 tender but holding, bookplates, very handsome set. ¶ The handsome Addison is counted among the Baskerville’s finest and most ambitious of his works. Dibdin called it a “A glorious performance” (Lib. Comp.). The eighteenth century renaissance in printing was brought about by John Baskerville, who brought a refreshign touch of simplicity into typographic art. Besides designing his own types, he made his own inks and was repsonsible for the manufacture of the paper used in his books. His open, generous pages brought to a climax the clear, widely spaced treatment, already to be seen in the books of Tonson and Bowyer in London… In crystallizing this trend, Baskerville was the inspiration that set of a fifty-year stretch of native British bookmaking…” (Art of the Printed Book p.26). Gaskell, John Bskerville, A Bibliography, 17. Price: USD 750.00 other currencies   order no. 2060    inquire

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