Baskerville

[ bas-ker-vil ]

/ ˈbæs kərˌvɪl /

John,1706–75, English typographer and manufacturer of lacquered ware.

a style of type.

Example sentences from the Web for baskerville

I never saw a boat better handled in my life—and you, Mr. Baskerville, did your part well.

The Rock of the Lion |Molly Elliot Seawell
Anne and Baskerville talked about the dinner, as they walked along the sunny, quiet street.

Mrs. Darrell |Foxcroft Davis
If you ask, what fortune Baskerville ought to have been rewarded with?

An History of Birmingham (1783) |William Hutton
Her ladyship kept a diary, and in it she describes Mr. Baskerville's house (Easy Row) as "a pretty place out of the town."

Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham |Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell

Anne turned her soft, expressive eyes—her only real beauty—on Baskerville with a look of gratitude in them.

Mrs. Darrell |Foxcroft Davis

Baskerville

/ (ˈbæskəˌvɪl) /

a style of type

C18: named after John Baskerville (1706–1775), English printer