Baskett, John
Record IDcni00029192
URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cni00029192
Biographical Data1666 - 1742
Last Edit2024-08-21
General Note
Imprimeur du Roi à Londres et à Édimbourg; imprimeur de l'université d'Oxford.
(d.1742) The English printer and monopolist. Nothing is known of his antecedents. He is first heard of purchasing the patent of King's Printer for Bible printing from the executors of Thomas Newcombe in 1709. In 1711 Baskett acquired a third part of the patent as King's Printer in Scotland with Robert Freebairn and James Watson. In 1716 he joined with the Heirs of A. Anderson in obtaining a fresh patent. This patent was disputed by John Watson. He did nothing further until 1725 except to prosecute Henry Parsons, an English bookseller, in 1718, for selling Scottish Bibles in England. In 1725 he set up a printing-house in Edinburgh where he printed Bibles until 1729. He died on 22 June 1742, leaving three sons, Thomas, Robert and John.
More Information
Further Biographical Data-1742
1666 o 1667-1742
Dates of Activity1709-1742
Profession / OccupationImprimeur-libraire
Impressors
ActivityDrucker (1709 - 1742)
Type de document concerné: Texte imprimé
Impremta
Buchdrucker (gnd)
Drucker (gnd) (1709 - 1742)
Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty (1725)
Geographic NoteGB (iso3166)
NationalityGreat Britain
Place of Activity
London; At the Blackfriars (1709 - 1742)
Oxford; At the Bible printing office (1709 - 1742)
Related Entries
John Baskett & Co (1726 - 1729)
Names
HeadingBaskett, John
used in: Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany); Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany; Koninklijke Bibliotheek - National Library of the Netherlands, Den Haag (Netherlands); National Library of Scotland, Scottish Book Trade Index
Baskett, John, 1666 o 7-1742
used in: Universitat de Barcelona
Baskett, John, 1666 o 1667-1742
used in: Universitat de Barcelona
Former Preferred NameBaskett, John, 1666 o 7-1742
Variant NameJohn Baskett, Assigns of (1753 - 1756)
Baskett, J., 1666 o 1667-1742
Baskett, John, 1666 o 1667-1742
Baskett, John, m. 1742 [Sources: ES-BaCBU]
Sources
Found inDictionaries of the printers and booksellers ... in England, Scotland and Ireland, 1557-1775. — Timperley. — DNB. — Plomer, 1668-1725. — McKenzie. — LC/NAF, 24 ag. 2011 (enc.: Baskett, John, 1666 or 7-1742). — LCAuth. — NLS Impr Ind. — James Watson against Baskett, and others. “The Respondent's Case” [Edinburgh, 1716?]
Imprint Sources“A previous view of the case between John Baskett Esq; one of His Majesty's Printers plaintiff, and Henry Parsons stationer”. Edinburgh, printed by James Watson, one of His Majesty's Printers. 1720.
Anno regni Georgii II. Regis magnæ Brittanniæ, F... / Translated from the English..., 1736