 His most well-known work is the frontispiece to an edition of Bailey's dictionary (1755).He was born in London the son of Jacques or James Basire, a Huguenot and native of Rouen, and Magdelaine Lair.Isaac sparked a prodigious line of engravers, including his son James (1730-1802), grandson James (1769-1822), and great-grandson James (1796-1869).