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We’re auctioning off a copy of John Baskerville’s edition of Terence (Baskerville is best known for the eponymous typeface but also printed lovely editions of books in the mid-late 18th century).

Benjamin Franklin liked Baskerville’s typefaces so much that he brought them back to the U.S. where they were the font of choice for government print work. His edition of Terence is simple and elegant, wide margins, printed in Quarto, overall a very satisfying book to hold.

However, David Esselmont a bookbinder and printer at Solmentes Press directed my to pictures of his copy which has a hand-colored map of the Caribbean used as lining for the spine. So now I’m in the uncomfortable position of wanting to tear the spine strip off my book (don’t worry, I’ll resist).