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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
by Ayscough Rev. Samuel
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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About This Item
Dublin: William Jones, 1791. 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.. First Thus. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Glenbower Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22425
- 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
- Author
- Ayscough Rev. Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- William Jones
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1791
- Keywords
- SHAKESPEARE, CONCORDANCE, REFERENCE,
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