1745-1826 English printer, author and antiquarian

A benevolent epistle to Sylvanus Urban, alias Master John Nichols, printer, common-councilman of Farringdon Ward, and censor general of literature; not forgetting Master William Hayley: to which is added, An elegy to Apollo; also Sir Joseph Banks and the Boiled Fleas, an ode. A new edition. By Peter Pindar, Esquire

A benevolent epistle to Sylvanus Urban , alias Master John Nichols, printer, Common-councilman of Farringdon ward, and censor general of literature: ... A new edition. By Peter Pindar, Esquire.

A benevolent epistle to Sylvanus Urban , alias Master John Nichols, printer, Common-Councilman of Farringdon ward, and censor general of literature: not forgetting Master William Hayley. To which is added, An Elegy to Apollo; also Sir Joseph Banks and the boiled Fleas, An Ode. By Peter Pindar, Esquire.

John Nichols, the printer stands in anger behind a desk as his hands rest on two volumes. Etching, 1790, by T. Rowlandson.

The works of William Hogarth, from the original plates restored by James Heath ... with the addition of many subjects not before collected: to which are prefixed, a biographical essay on the genius and productions of Hogarth, and explanations of the subjects of the plates / by John Nichols.

The gentleman's magazine.

Biographical anecdotes of William Hogarth  With a catalogue of his works chronologically arranged; and occasional remarks.

Additional collections towards the history and antiquities of the town and county of Leicester. Published by John Nichols, F.S.A. Edinb. & Perth

4 volumes : frontispiece (portrait), illustrations, plates (some folded), colour maps (some folded), plans (some folded) facsimiles, folded genealogical tables ; (folio)

Britannia: or, a chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjacent; from the earliest antiquity / Translated from the edition published by the author in MCDVII. Enlarged by the latest discoveries, by Richard Gough.

The history and antiquities of Canonbury-House, at Islington, in the county of Middlesex  Including lists of the priors of St. Bartholomew, and of the prebendaries and vicars of Islington: with Biographical anecdotes of such of them as have been of eminence in the literary world. By John Nichols, F.S.A. Edinb. and Perth.

9 volumes : frontispiece (portraits, one folded) (volumes 1-6, 8-9), plates, portraits, 2 facsimiles (1 folded), fldg. tables ; (8vo)

Literary anecdotes of the eighteenth century; comprizing biographical memoirs of William Bowyer, printer, F.S.A., and many of his learned friends; an incidental view of the progress and advancement of literature in this kingdom during the last century; and biographical anecdotes of a considerable number of eminent writers and ingenious artists. With a very copious index / By John Nichols.

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Biographical anecdotes of William Hogarth With a catalogue of his works chronologically arranged; and occasional remarks.

Additional collections towards the history and antiquities of the town and county of Leicester. Published by John Nichols, F.S.A. Edinb. & Perth

Britannia: or, a chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjacent; from the earliest antiquity / Translated from the edition published by the author in MCDVII. Enlarged by the latest discoveries, by Richard Gough.

A benevolent epistle to Sylvanus Urban , alias Master John Nichols, printer, Common-councilman of Farringdon ward, and censor general of literature: ... A new edition. By Peter Pindar, Esquire.

John Nichols, the printer stands in anger behind a desk as his hands rest on two volumes. Etching, 1790, by T. Rowlandson.

John Nichols

Images from the collections

Images by John Nichols

Works from the collections

Biographical anecdotes of William Hogarth With a catalogue of his works chronologically arranged; and occasional remarks.

Additional collections towards the history and antiquities of the town and county of Leicester. Published by John Nichols, F.S.A. Edinb. & Perth

Britannia: or, a chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjacent; from the earliest antiquity / Translated from the edition published by the author in MCDVII. Enlarged by the latest discoveries, by Richard Gough.

A benevolent epistle to Sylvanus Urban , alias Master John Nichols, printer, Common-councilman of Farringdon ward, and censor general of literature: ... A new edition. By Peter Pindar, Esquire.

John Nichols, the printer stands in anger behind a desk as his hands rest on two volumes. Etching, 1790, by T. Rowlandson.

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