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What work is John Baskerville best remembered for?

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Baskerville's first volume was a quarto edition of Vergil... His masterpiece was a folio Bible, published in 1763. After his death his wife operated the press until 1777. Then most of his types were purchased by Beaumarchais and were used in his 70-volume edition of Voltaire.

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