Herman Diederik Joan van Schevichaven

Herman Diederik Johan van Schevichaven (14 October 1826 – 1918 ) who wrote as Jacob Larwood, 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.