Note 547 — Chapter XIII · JOHN BASKERVILLE, 1752.
Reading edition
“Towards the end of 1792 died Mr. John Handy, the artist who cut the punches for Baskerville’s types, and for twelve years was employed in a similar way at the Birmingham Typefoundry of Mr. Swinney.” (Gent. Mag., 1793, p. 91.)