Creator
John Baskerville
Title
A Vocabulary or Pocket Dictionary, to Which Is Prefixed a Compendious Grammar of the English Language.
Coverage
Birmingham
Publisher
John Baskerville
Date
1765
Description
A renowned printer, Baskerville (1706–1775) was acquainted with Benjamin Franklin, who consoled him after he experienced the unpleasant biases of London printers against provincial ones. Appearing at a time when Baskerville had mostly withdrawn from printing, this grammar is sometimes considered an anonymous work. It is usefully supplemented with a 15-page guide to the “most usual mistakes” occasioned by “inattention to the rules of grammar.”