SHAKESPEARE, William - AYSCOUGH, Samuel.

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An Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words made use of by Shakspeare; Second edition, revised and enlarged, an attractive near-contemporary binding.Samuel Ayscough (1745-1804), was the assistant to the principal librarian of the British Museum and was affectionately known as the "prince of index makers" (ODNB). The works of Samuel Ayscough and his peers "were monuments of lexicographic labour, scholarship, and erudition in their own right" (Shore, p. 113). This work was first published in 1790 and was the first ever concordance to Shakespeare's plays.

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