An Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words Made Use of By Shakspeare, Calculated to Point Out the Different Meanings to Which the Words are Applied

Ayscough Rev. Samuel

Published by William Jones, Dublin, 1791

About this Item

half leather (prob. 19th century), rear hinge broken so spine is loose, covers fairly worn and scuffed, text block sound and tight, some foxing to outer leaves, library marks of Dublin religious residence, 672pp. First Dublin printing of the first concordance to Shakespeare. The author was a British Museum employee and apparently an obsessive indexer - he was known as Prince of Indexers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words Made Use of By Shakspeare, Calculated to Point Out the Different Meanings to Which the Words are Applied
• Publisher: William Jones, Dublin
• Publication Date: 1791
• Binding: Half-Leather
• Edition: First Thus.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
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