John (1706) Baskerville Sold at Auction Prices

Calligrapher, Lacquer painter, Printer, b. 1706 - d. 1775

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    • ARIOSTO, Lodovico (1474-1533). Orlando Furioso. Birmingham: G. Baskerville, 1773
      Jul. 17, 2024

      ARIOSTO, Lodovico (1474-1533). Orlando Furioso. Birmingham: G. Baskerville, 1773

      Est: €200 - €300

      Copy printed on fine paper of this elegant edition of Ariosto's masterpiece illustrated with engravings by some of the most celebrated Parisian and London artists of the time. The publisher John Baskerville (1706-1775) began work on the book on commission from the Molini brothers, important continental publishers active in Paris; the text was corrected by the editors from the 'errors of language, sense and orthography, all of which abound in other editions' (trans.) and enriched with over 40 illustrations from drawings by Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Charles Nicolas Cochin, Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Charles Monnet and Jean-Michel Moreau the Younger. 4 volumes, large 8vo, (230 x 145mm). Frontispiece portrait of the author, 46 engraved plates at the opening of each canto from drawings by Cipriani, Cochin, Eisen, Monnet, Jean-Michel Moreau the Younger and others, text on carta velina (foxing, the plate of canto 16 with repaired tear at the outer margin). Modern red morocco, spine and boards gilt, yellow edges, within slipcase. (4)

      Wannenes Art Auctions
    • * Baskerville (John, 1707-1775). A grave stones advertising slab, reproduction circa 1980s
      Oct. 02, 2019

      * Baskerville (John, 1707-1775). A grave stones advertising slab, reproduction circa 1980s

      Est: £70 - £100

      * Baskerville (John, 1707-1775). A grave stones advertising slab, reproduction circa 1980s, the slate type tablet probably clay, incised 'Grave Stones Cut in any of the Hands, John Baskervill [sic], Writing Master', 21.5 x 27cm, set into a matrix, damage to the top right corner and faux crack lower left, oak frame, frame size 34.5 x 38.5cm (Qty: 1)

      Dominic Winter Auctions
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