Herman Diederik Johan van Schevichaven (14 October 1826[1] – 1918[2]) who wrote as Jacob Larwood,[3] was a Dutch non-fiction author.
Selected publicationsedit
Dutchedit
Bijdragen tot eene geschiedenis der Bataven met kaarten, Leiden, 1875.
Epigraphie der Bataafsche krijgslieden in de Romeinsche legers
Englishedit
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.
Referencesedit
^"J.G. Frederiks en F. Jos. van den Branden, Biographisch woordenboek der Noord- en Zuidnederlandsche letterkunde · dbnl". DBNL.
^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.
^"The History of Signboards ... With one hundred illustrations ... by J. Larwood, etc. - British Library". explore.bl.uk.
External linksedit
Media related to Herman Diederik Joan van Schevichaven at Wikimedia Commons