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John Baskerville brass plaque

Commemorative plaque
John Baskerville brass plaque
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This brass commemorative plaque records: John Baskerville 1706-1775 printer, publisher and founder of the Baskerville Press lived in a house formerly standing on this site Recorded plaque organisation: Birmingham Civic Society.

From the Open Plaques record 1541

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