Note 629 — Chapter XV · JOSEPH AND EDMUND FRY, 1764.

This excellent artist was a Scotchman, and printed in Bartholomew Close in 1785. He was one of the first who started in emulation of Baskerville as a fine printer; his series of Mr. Homer’s Classics (Sallust, 1789; Pliny, 1790; Tacitus, 1790; Q. Curtius; Cæsar, 1790; Livy, 1794) established his reputation. His quarto Bible and the Memoirs of the Count de Grammont are also celebrated. He printed on Whatman’s paper with admirable ink and most careful press-work, and is stated to have produced most of his books by his own personal and manual labour.