Maps! any thing wanted to-day sir? [engraving]
1791
P&E L2015F136
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Title
Maps! any thing wanted to-day sir? [engraving]
Published
London : Pubd. ... by I. K. Baldrey, 1791.
Description
1 print ; image 25 x 18 cm. on sheet 39 x 26 cm.
Call Number
P&E L2015F136
System Control No.
(OCoLC)922878930
Note
"Designed, engraved & pubd. July 4 1791 ..."
Based on an oil painting by Philip Reinagle.
Nicholson is depicted carrying a pile of books knocking at the door of a regular customer.
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
Based on an oil painting by Philip Reinagle.
Nicholson is depicted carrying a pile of books knocking at the door of a regular customer.
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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