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Jacob Larwood

Jacob Larwood

Dutch non-fiction author

Herman Diederik Johan van Schevichaven (14 October 1826[1] – 1918[2]) who wrote as Jacob Larwood,[3] was a Dutch non-fiction author.

Herman Diederik Johan van Schevichaven in 1918

Selected publications

Van Schevichaven (1908)

Dutch

  • Bijdragen tot eene geschiedenis der Bataven met kaarten, Leiden, 1875.
  • Epigraphie der Bataafsche krijgslieden in de Romeinsche legers

English

  • The History of Signboards, From the Earliest Times to the Present Day. John Camden Hotten, London, 1866.
  • The Book of Clerical Anecdotes: A gathering from many sources of the antiquities, humours, and eccentricities of "the cloth". J. C. Hotten, London, 1871.
  • The Story of the London Parks. J. C. Hotten, London, 1872.
  • Theatrical Anecdotes, or Fun and Curiosities of the Play, the Playhouse, and the Players. Chatto and Windus, London, 1882.
  • Forensic Anecdotes or Humour and Curiosities of the Law and of the Men of Law. Chatto & Windus, London, 1882.

References

  1. [1]
    "J.G. Frederiks en F. Jos. van den Branden, Biographisch woordenboek der Noord- en Zuidnederlandsche letterkunde · dbnl". DBNL.
  2. [2]
    Larwood, Jacob; Hotten, John Camden (June 3, 1875). "The history of signboards, from the earliest times to the present day". Chatto and Windus – via library.hull.ac.uk Library Catalog.
  3. [3]
    "The History of Signboards ... With one hundred illustrations ... by J. Larwood, etc. - British Library". explore.bl.uk.


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