A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Hoyle's Games, printed and sold by John Bioren, first American edition, 1817.

bioren.1.jpg Title: HOYLE'S GAMES, | CONTAINING AS FOLLOWS, | [eight lines to left of double rule] WHIST, | QUADRILLE, | PIQUET, | QUINZE, | VINGT-UN, | LANSQUENET, | PHARO, | ROUGE ET NOIR, | [eight lines to right of double rule] CRIBBAGE, | MATRIMONY, | CASSINO, | REVERSIS, | PUT, | CONNEXIONS, | ALL FOURS, | SPECULATION. | To which is added, | THE GAMES OF BRAG AND CHESS. | WITH | THE PRACTICE AND RULES, | AS ESTABLISHED AND PRACTISED BY THE MOST | CORRECT PLAYERS. | [short rule] | Philadelphia, | Printed and Sold by John Bioren, No. 88, Chesnut-Street. | ········· | 1817.
Collation: 12o: π2 1–96 104 [$1,3 (−10.3) signed; signing $3 as '$*']; 60 leaves, pp. [i–iii] iv, 5–120
Contents: Signature (Page) Reference Contents Signature (Page) Reference Running Titles
π1r (i) title
π1v (ii) blank
π2r–π2v (iii–iv) ‘CONTENTS. | [...]’ π2v (iv) ‘CONTENTS.’
11r–41r (5–41) ‘HOYLE'S GAMES. | [short rule] | THE GAME OF WHIST. | [...]’ 11v–36v (6–40) ‘WHIST.’
41r–53v (41–58) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF QUADRILLE. | [...]’ 41r–53r (41–57) ‘QUADRILLE.’
53v–63v (58–70) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF PIQUET. | [...]’ 53v–63r (58–69) ‘PIQUET.’
63v–64r (70–71) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF QUINZE. | [...]’ 63v (70) ‘QUNIZE.’
64r–65r (71–73) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF VINGT-UN. | [...]’ 64r–64v (71–72) ‘VINGT-UN.’
65r–65v (73–74) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF LANSQUENET. | [...]’ 65r (73) ‘LANSQUENET.’
65v–72r (74–79) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF PHARO. | [...]’ 65v–72r (74–79) ‘PHARO.’
72v–73v (80–82) ‘THE GAME OF ROUGE ET NOIR. | [...]’ 72v–73r (80–81) ‘ROUGE ET NOIR.’
73v–81v (82–90) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CRIBBAGE. | [...]’ 73v–81r (82–89) ‘CRIBBAGE.’
81v–82r (90–91) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF MATRIMONY. | [...]’ 81v (90) ‘MATRIMONY.’
82r–83v (91–94) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CASSINO. | [...]’ 82r–83r (91–93) ‘CASSION.’
83v–85v (94–98) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF REVERSIS. | [...]’ 83v–85r (94–97) ‘REVERSIS’
85v–86v (98–100) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF PUT. | [...]’ 85v–86r (98–99) ‘PUT.’
86v–91r (100–101) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CONNEXIONS. | [...]’ 86v (100) ‘CONNEXIONS.’
91r–92r (101–103) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF ALL FOURS. | [...]’ 91r–91v (101–102) ‘ALL FOURS.’
92r (103) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF SPECULATION. | [...]’ 92r (103) ‘SPECULATION.’
92v–94v (104–108) ‘THE GAME OF BRAG. | [...]’ 93r–94v (105–108) ‘BRAG.’
95r–104v (109–120) ‘THE GAME OF CHESS. | [...]’ 95v–104v (110–120) ‘CHESS.’
Publisher: John Bioren
Printer: John Bioren (title)
References: Jessel 829, Rather 106
Copies Seen: O [Jessel f.630]; MWA; Levy [1673]
Other Copies: DeU [GV1243.H85 1817]

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