John Nicholson : mappesiani bibliopolii cant. custos [engraving]
1790
P&E L2015F135f
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Title
John Nicholson : mappesiani bibliopolii cant. custos [engraving]
Published
Cambridge : Published ... by John Nicholson, 1790.
Description
1 print ; image 53 x 38 cm. on sheet 59 x 41 cm.
Call Number
P&E L2015F135f
System Control No.
(OCoLC)909500761
Note
"Published March 1 1790 ..."
Signed: "Engraved by Jas. Caldwall, from a picture painted by Phillp. Reinagle."
"To the Rev.d the Vise Chancellor, the Masters, Fellows, Scholars & Students, of the University of Cambridge."
"This print published at their request, the profits of which I give to Addenbrookes Hospital is most humbly dedicated by their obliged & most obedient Servant John Nicholson."
Nicholson is depicted carrying a pile of books in front of Trinity College, Cambridge University.
John Nicholson began as a bookseller in Cambridge with a street stall. He married the daughter of Robert Watts who operated the first circulating library in Cambridge. Nicholson succeeded to Watts's business & developed, specializing in lending out undergraduate textbooks as well as lighter reading. He inherited from Watts the nickname 'Maps', after his familiar call.
Digitized image available, see URL
Signed: "Engraved by Jas. Caldwall, from a picture painted by Phillp. Reinagle."
"To the Rev.d the Vise Chancellor, the Masters, Fellows, Scholars & Students, of the University of Cambridge."
"This print published at their request, the profits of which I give to Addenbrookes Hospital is most humbly dedicated by their obliged & most obedient Servant John Nicholson."
Nicholson is depicted carrying a pile of books in front of Trinity College, Cambridge University.
John Nicholson began as a bookseller in Cambridge with a street stall. He married the daughter of Robert Watts who operated the first circulating library in Cambridge. Nicholson succeeded to Watts's business & developed, specializing in lending out undergraduate textbooks as well as lighter reading. He inherited from Watts the nickname 'Maps', after his familiar call.
Digitized image available, see URL
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