John Baskerville

Scans of Baskerville's Book of Common Prayer, 1763 Bible and Bucolica, Georgica et Aeneis.

John Baskerville's Book of Common Prayer,
"Bucolica, Georgica et Aeneis" and the 1763 Bible

This page contains a series of links to scans and photos of Baskerville's 1761 Book of Common Prayer, published by Cambridge University Press. The whole of Morning and Evening Prayer and Holy Communion are included together with a series of title pages from the rest of the book. The files may need to be expanded (by clicking on them) as they may not fit into one browser page. The head of the page is from "Bucolica, Georgica et Aeneis" published in 1766. There are also some scans from this book and some photos of Baskerville's masterpiece, the 1763 Bible.

Rights in The Book of Common Prayer and The Authorized (or King James) Version of the Bible are vested in the Crown. Reproduced by permission of the Crown's patentee, Cambridge University Press.

Book of Common Prayer, Cambridge University Press, 1761.
Octavo, 24 x 16 cm. Lozenge and Star Borders.

Title Page
Photo of a page from the psalms
Photo of the Preface
Photo of the page of readings for Ascension Day

Even Baskerville Wasn't Perfect!

"Set-off" - Ink is transferred from a lower sheet to the back of the upper one.
Confusing responses - The inconsistent indentation of lines in the left column is confusing.

Bucolica, Georgica et Aeneis, 1766. Octavo, 18 x 12 cm.

Title Page
Georgics Title Page
Aeneid Title Page
Page from Bucolics, Eclogue IX.- Moeris

Holy Bible, Cambridge University Press, 1763. Folio.

These images used with permission from an eBay listing by azazi

Title Page
Genesis Title Page
New Testament Title Page
Acts of the Apostles Title Page