Arcana Journals

William Simpson Potter (21 January 1805 – 16 January 1879) was a 19th-century English author. Potter was a friend of Henry Spencer Ashbee, a merchant, bibliographer, bibliophile, authority on the life and works of Miguel de Cervantes, and collector of erotic materials. Ashbee describes Potter as a "shrewd business man, the ardent collector, and the enthusiastic traveller". According to the bibliography-catalogue, British Museum General Catalogue of Printed Books, Potter is the author of two book…