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Samuel Ayscough (29 November 1745 – 30 October 1804) was an English writer and scholar. He was best known for publishing his Index on Shakespeare (1790). His index was revised and expanded by English writer Mary Cowden Clarke. He was described as the "Prince of Index Makers" and was very well known throughout his lifetime. (From Wikipedia) More about Samuel Ayscough:
| | Books by Samuel Ayscough: ![[Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/info.gif) Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804: A General Index to the First Fifty-Six Volumes of The Gentleman's Magazine, From its Commencement in the Year 1731, to the End of 1786 (2 volumes: London: Printed by J. Nichols for D. Henry, 1789) (page images at HathiTrust)- Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804: A General Index to The Monthly Review, From its Commencement, to the End of the Seventieth Volume (2 volumes, covering 1749-1784; London: Printed for R. Griffiths, 1786) (page images at HathiTrust)
Additional books by Samuel Ayscough in the extended shelves:![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804: Calendarium rotulorum patentium in Turri londinensi ([Printed by G. Eyre and A. Strahan], 1802), also by Great Britain. Record Commission and Thomas Astle (page images at HathiTrust)- Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804: A catalogue of the manuscripts preserved in the British Museum hitherto undescribed : consisting of five thousand volumes, including the collections of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart., the Rev. Thomas Birch, D.D. and about five hundred volumes bequeathed, presented, or purchased at various times (Printed for the compiler, by John Rivington, Jun., St. John's Square, Clerkenwell, 1782), also by Thomas Birch, Hans Sloane, and British Museum. Department of Manuscripts (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804: A compleat catalogue of all books and pamphlets published for ten years past; with their prices and references to their characters in the Monthly Review. The whole forming a general index to ... the said Review ... May 1749 to June, 1759, both inclusive. (Griffiths, 1760), also by George Edward Griffiths and Ralph Griffiths (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804: Dramatic works of William Shakespeare (Printed for John Stockdale ... W.J. and J. Richardson ... J. Walker ... R. Faulder and Son ... Scatcherd and Letterman ... [and 11 others], 1807), also by William Shakespeare, John Stockdale, and Nicholas Rowe (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804: The dramatic works of William Shakespeare: with explanatory notes. To which is added a copious index to the remarkable passages and words (J. Stockdale [etc.], 1807), also by William Shakespeare and Nicholas Rowe (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804: Dramatic works : with explanatory notes (J. Stockdale, 1790), also by William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804: A general index ... from the commencement of the new series, in January, 1790, to the end of the eighty-first volume completed in December 1816 ... (Sold by J. Porter [etc.], 1818), also by George Edward Griffiths and Ralph Griffiths (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804: General index to fifty-six volumes of the Gentleman's magazine : from its commencement in the year 1731, to the end of 1786 (Printed by and for Nichols, Son, and Bentley ... and sold by J. Harris ..., 1818), also by William Chaytor, J. Harris, John Nichols, and Donald & Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804: The Gentleman's magazine : a general index to the first fifty-six volumes ... from 1731, to the end of 1786 (Printed by J. Nicholas for D. Henry, 1789) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804: An index to the remarkable passages and words made use of by Shakespeare ; calculated to point out the different meanings to which the words are applied. (T. Tegg, 1827) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804: 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 Rev. Samuel Ayscough. (Printed for T. Tegg, 1827) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804: 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 (Printed for J. Stockdale, 1790) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804: 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. (AMS Press, 1971) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804: Index to the Sloane manuscripts in the British Museum (Printed by order of the Trustees, 1904), also by British Museum. Department of Manuscripts, Edward John Long Scott, Hans Sloane, and British Museum (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804: The Monthly review. (Printed for R. Griffiths; [etc., etc., 1749), also by George Edward Griffiths and Ralph Griffiths (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804: Remarks on The letters from an American farmer; or, A detection of the errors of Mr. J. Hector St. John; pointing out the pernicious tendency of these letters to Great Britain. (Printed for J. Fielding, 1783) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804: Shakespeare's dramatic works (Printed for John Stockdale ..., 1790), also by William Shakespeare, Nicholas Rowe, and Fenton John Anthony Hort (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804: Shakspeare's dramatic works; with explanatory notes. To which is now added, a copious index to the remarkable passages and words. (Printed for W. Jones, 1791), also by William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, and Nicholas Rowe (page images at HathiTrust)
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