I’m saddened by the news of John “Jack” Warren Freas’ passing yesterday, December 29 th .   Freas was one of Richard Amsel’s art teachers at the Philadelphia College of Art (later renamed The University of the Arts, which closed in 2024). An accomplished artist and illustrator himself, he was also an avid book collector, and ran a longstanding antiquarian bookstore, Tamerlane Books, from his home in Havertown, PA.   I met Freas there in June of 2017, along with his lovely wif