Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Art / John Baskerville, type-founder and printer, 1706-1775 / Braille

John Baskerville, type-founder and printer, 1706-1775 ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt

135,777 braille cells · 144 embossed pages at 40×25 · 330 unrepresentable characters omitted

⠑⠝⠕⠥⠛⠓⠀⠀⠋⠕⠗⠀⠍⠑⠲⠴⠀⠠⠃⠁⠎⠅⠑⠗⠧⠊⠇⠇⠑⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀
⠁⠗⠞⠊⠎⠞⠊⠉⠂⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠠⠑⠝⠛⠇⠊⠎⠓⠀⠏⠥⠃⠇⠊⠉⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀⠝⠕⠞⠲⠀
⠠⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠀⠎⠑⠉⠕⠝⠙⠀⠏⠇⠁⠉⠑⠀⠠⠃⠁⠎⠅⠑⠗⠧⠊⠇⠇⠑⠄⠎⠀
⠃⠕⠕⠅⠎⠀⠺⠑⠗⠑⠀⠎⠕⠀⠑⠭⠏⠑⠝⠎⠊⠧⠑⠇⠽⠀⠏⠗⠕⠙⠥⠉⠑⠙⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀
⠞⠓⠑⠀⠀⠍⠁⠝⠀⠺⠓⠕⠀⠃⠕⠥⠛⠓⠞⠀⠕⠝⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠍⠀⠁⠎⠀⠁⠀
⠎⠏⠑⠉⠊⠍⠑⠝⠀⠕⠋⠀⠠⠃⠁⠎⠅⠑⠗⠧⠊⠇⠇⠑⠄⠎⠀⠺⠕⠗⠅⠀⠙⠊⠙⠀⠝⠕⠞⠀
⠺⠊⠎⠓⠀⠞⠕⠀⠃⠥⠽⠀⠁⠝⠕⠞⠓⠑⠗⠲⠀⠠⠊⠞⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠎⠁⠍⠑⠀
⠞⠓⠊⠝⠛⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠓⠁⠏⠏⠑⠝⠎⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠀⠑⠧⠑⠗⠽⠀⠀⠏⠗⠊⠝⠞⠑⠗⠀
⠺⠓⠕⠀⠙⠕⠑⠎⠀⠁⠗⠞⠊⠎⠞⠊⠉⠀⠺⠕⠗⠅⠂⠤⠤⠑⠁⠉⠓⠀⠏⠗⠕⠙⠥⠉⠞⠊⠕⠝
⠀⠕⠋⠀⠓⠊⠎⠀⠏⠗⠑⠎⠎⠀⠑⠭⠓⠁⠥⠎⠞⠎⠀⠀⠓⠊⠎⠀⠉⠇⠊⠑⠝⠞⠁⠛⠑⠀
⠍⠕⠗⠑⠀⠕⠗⠀⠇⠑⠎⠎⠲⠀⠠⠁⠝⠙⠀⠇⠁⠎⠞⠇⠽⠂⠀⠓⠊⠎⠀⠃⠕⠕⠅⠎⠀
⠺⠑⠗⠑⠀⠗⠑⠏⠗⠊⠝⠞⠎⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠀⠞⠓⠑⠽⠀⠺⠑⠗⠑⠀⠃⠗⠕⠥⠛⠓⠞⠀
⠕⠥⠞⠀⠁⠞⠀⠁⠀⠞⠊⠍⠑⠀⠺⠓⠑⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠏⠗⠑⠎⠎⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀
⠕⠧⠑⠗⠇⠕⠁⠙⠑⠙⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠀⠀⠏⠗⠕⠙⠥⠉⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀⠧⠑⠗⠽⠀
⠃⠗⠊⠇⠇⠊⠁⠝⠞⠀⠍⠑⠝⠲⠀⠠⠙⠗⠲⠀⠠⠚⠕⠓⠝⠎⠕⠝⠄⠎⠀
⠠⠙⠊⠉⠞⠊⠕⠝⠁⠗⠽⠂⠀⠊⠝⠀⠞⠺⠕⠀⠀⠧⠕⠇⠥⠍⠑⠎⠂⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀⠊⠎⠎⠥⠑⠙
⠀⠊⠝⠀⠼⠁⠛⠑⠑⠲⠀⠠⠕⠇⠊⠧⠑⠗⠀⠠⠛⠕⠇⠙⠎⠍⠊⠞⠓⠂⠀⠠⠏⠕⠏⠑⠂⠀
⠠⠉⠓⠑⠎⠞⠑⠗⠋⠊⠑⠇⠙⠂⠀⠀⠠⠓⠕⠗⠁⠉⠑⠀⠠⠺⠁⠇⠏⠕⠇⠑⠂⠀
⠠⠁⠅⠑⠝⠎⠊⠙⠑⠂⠀⠠⠉⠕⠇⠇⠑⠽⠀⠠⠉⠊⠃⠃⠑⠗⠂⠀⠠⠛⠗⠁⠽⠂⠀⠠⠙⠗⠲⠀
⠠⠽⠕⠥⠝⠛⠂⠀⠠⠃⠥⠗⠅⠑⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠁⠀⠀⠓⠕⠎⠞⠀⠕⠋⠀⠕⠞⠓⠑⠗⠎⠀
⠺⠑⠗⠑⠀⠞⠓⠑⠝⠀⠏⠗⠕⠙⠥⠉⠊⠝⠛⠀⠃⠕⠕⠅⠎⠀⠋⠕⠗⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠏⠗⠊⠝⠞⠑⠗⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠃⠁⠎⠅⠑⠗⠧⠊⠇⠇⠑⠀⠉⠥⠞⠀⠁⠀⠋⠕⠥⠝⠞⠀⠕⠋⠀
⠠⠛⠗⠑⠑⠅⠀⠞⠽⠏⠑⠀⠋⠕⠗⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠠⠥⠝⠊⠧⠑⠗⠎⠊⠞⠽⠀⠕⠋⠀
⠠⠕⠭⠋⠕⠗⠙⠂⠀⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠉⠁⠎⠞⠀⠼⠉⠚⠚⠀⠺⠑⠊⠛⠓⠞⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠽⠏⠑⠀
⠁⠞⠀⠞⠺⠕⠀⠓⠥⠝⠙⠗⠑⠙⠀⠛⠥⠊⠝⠑⠁⠎⠀⠋⠕⠗⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠺⠓⠕⠇⠑⠲⠀⠀

These are the same pages the .brf download embosses — form-feed breaks and all. BRF opens in braille software (Duxbury, BrailleBlaster), on embossers, and on refreshable displays.