John Baskerville, type-founder and printer, 1706-1775 is part of the Historical, Psychological & Social Fiction catalogue. The record identifies Benton, Josiah H., Jr. (Josiah Henry), 1843-1917 as the credited author and preserves a link to the source edition.

Edition profile

The extracted text contains approximately 24,180 words, corresponding to an estimated 106 minutes of reading, and is divided into 7 detectable text sections. These figures describe the downloaded text file rather than a printed pagination system.

The automated text analysis reports an average sentence length of about 20.3 words and a measured lexical-diversity value of 0.157. These measurements are descriptive reading aids, not literary ratings.

Catalog context

The source record associates this edition with the following subjects: Printers -- Great Britain -- Biography, Baskerville, John, 1706-1775, Printing -- England -- Birmingham -- History -- 18th century, Early printed books -- England -- Birmingham -- 18th century -- Bibliography, Type and type founding -- England -- History -- 18th century, Birmingham (England) -- Biography, Birmingham (England) -- Imprints. Catalog terms may reflect historical library practice and can be broader or narrower than a modern reader’s interpretation.

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