15
Ayscough’s Index to the Monthly reviews. from 1749-1784.
2. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 161, no. 17, as above.
[AYSCOUGH,
Samuel.]
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 all the Articles in the first Twenty Volumes of the said Review,
viz. from its Commencement in May 1749, to June 1759, both inclusive. [-A General Index to the Monthly Review, From its Commencement,
to the end of the Seventieth Volume. By the Rev. S. Ayscough, Compiler of the Catalogue of undescribed Manuscripts in the British Museum. In
Two Volumes. Vol. II. containing An Alphabetical Index to all the memorable Passages, many of which relate to Discoveries and Improvements in
the Sciences and Arts for nearly Forty Years past; with Literary Anecdotes, Critical Remarks, &c. &c. contained in the Monthly
Review during that Period . . .]
London: Printed for
R. Griffiths in the Strand, and may be had of any Bookseller in
Great Britain and
Ireland. [Vol. II sold by
T. Becket, Pall Mall; and
T. Longman, in Pater-noster-row.]
mdcclx,
mdcclxxxvi
. [1760, 1786]
AP4 .M88
2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 60 leaves, including the half-title, which reads: A General Index to the First Twenty Volumes of the Monthly
Review; advertisements of
R. Griffiths on 4 pages; Vol. II, 290 leaves including the half-title, list of
errata for both volumes at the end.
Samuel Ayscough, 1745-1804, English librarian, index-maker and divine, is known chiefly for his catalogue of the manuscripts in the British
Museum, his index to Shakespeare (the first concordance to Shakespeare printed), and his indexes to various reviews and magazines,
including the
Monthly Review
, the
Gentleman’s Magazine
, the
British Critic
, and others. Ayscough was also the author of an anonymous work published in 1783 and entitled
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 Those Letters to Great Britain
. Ayscough pointed out that the writer was neither a farmer nor a native of America. See no. 4018.
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16
Nicholson’s historical library.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 161, no. 12, as above.
1839 Catalogue, page 642, no. J. 12, Nicolson, William: English Historical Library, 8vo; London. [
No date.]
NICOLSON,
William.
The English Historical Library: or, A Short View and Character of most of the Writers now Extant, either in Print or Manuscript;
Which may be Serviceable to the Undertakers of a General History of this Kingdom. By William Nicolson, A. M. Arch-Deacon of Carlisle . . .
London: Printed for
Abel Swall and
T. Child, at the Unicorn, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard,
m dc xcvi
[1696]
Z2016 .N63 1696
First Edition. 8vo. 150 leaves. Advertisement of the
Universal English Dictionary
on the last leaf. The title-page on Jefferson’s copy seems to have been imperfect, without date. It is to be assumed that
he had the
first edition as it was the only one issued in octavo format.
Lowndes III, 1691.
Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 848.
STC N1146.
Arber II, 588 (advertised in the Easter Term, 1696, II, 583).
William Nicolson, 1655-1727, English divine and
