John Nichols (printer)

As his materials accumulated he compiled a sort of anecdotal literary history of the century, based on a large collection of letters.The Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century (1812–15, nine volumes), into which the original work was expanded, formed only a small part of Nichols's production.[4] It was followed by the Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century, consisting of Authentic Memoirs and Original Letters of Eminent Persons, which was begun in 1817 and completed by his son John Bowyer Nichols (1779–1863) in 1858.[5] Nichols co-operated with Abraham Farley in the production of the 1783 edition of Domesday Book, which he called in his Literary Anecdotes "the most invaluable as well as most antient Record in this or any other kingdom".[9] John Bowyer Nichols continued his father's various undertakings, and wrote, with other works, A Brief Account of the Guildhall of the City of London (1819).
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