Jacob Larwood

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

Selected publications

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. https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bran038biog01_01/bran038biog01_01_3639.php
  2. http://library.hull.ac.uk/record=b1017814~S1
  3. http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01002080739


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