John Baxter (publisher)
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John Baxter was an English printer and publisher.
Baxter was born at Rickhurst, Surrey, 20 October 1781. Early in life he settled in Lewes
as a bookseller and printer. Among the earliest of Baxter's enterprises was the publication of a large quarto Bible, annotated by the Rev. John Styles, D.D., and illustrated with wood engravings.
This work, known as Baxter's Bible, met with an immense sale, especially in America. His other publications include several important works on the topography of Sussex, and ‘The Library of Agricultural Know- ledge,’ which had a very extensive circulation. Along with his youngest son, W. E. Baxter, he started the ‘Sussex Agricultural Express.’ He was an enthusiastic cricketer, and the joint, if not the sole, author of the book of rules for that sport, the first ever published, named ‘Lambert's Cricketer's Guide,’ after the celebrated professional cricketer William Lambert
of that name. He died 12 November 1858. Baxter's second son, George Baxter, was the inventor of the process of printing in oil colours.
Baxter was born at Rickhurst, Surrey, 20 October 1781. Early in life he settled in Lewes
Lewes
Lewes is the county town of East Sussex, England and historically of all of Sussex. It is a civil parish and is the centre of the Lewes local government district. The settlement has a history as a bridging point and as a market town, and today as a communications hub and tourist-oriented town...
as a bookseller and printer. Among the earliest of Baxter's enterprises was the publication of a large quarto Bible, annotated by the Rev. John Styles, D.D., and illustrated with wood engravings.
This work, known as Baxter's Bible, met with an immense sale, especially in America. His other publications include several important works on the topography of Sussex, and ‘The Library of Agricultural Know- ledge,’ which had a very extensive circulation. Along with his youngest son, W. E. Baxter, he started the ‘Sussex Agricultural Express.’ He was an enthusiastic cricketer, and the joint, if not the sole, author of the book of rules for that sport, the first ever published, named ‘Lambert's Cricketer's Guide,’ after the celebrated professional cricketer William Lambert
William Lambert (cricketer)
William Lambert was an English professional cricketer in the first two decades of the 19th century...
of that name. He died 12 November 1858. Baxter's second son, George Baxter, was the inventor of the process of printing in oil colours.