A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

Copyright © 2014-26 by David Levy

(page updated 2023-11-19)User Guide


Card.3

Hoyle's Card Games, published by Richard Griffin & Co., third edition, Glasgow, 1827.

card.3.jpg Title: HOYLE'S | CARD GAMES, | AN IMPROVED EDITION; | WITH | An Appendix, | CONTAINING HIS | GUIDE TO THE TURF. | [short rule] | GLASGOW: | PUBLISHED BY RICHARD GRIFFIN & Co. | [short rule] | 1827.
Collation: 16o: A2 B–H8 I6 [$1 signed]; 64 leaves, pp. [4 ] [1] 2–101 [102] 103–124
Label: [within a decorative border] HOYLE'S | GAMES. | [short rule] | An Improved Edition. | [short rule] | PRICE | ONE SHILLING. | 1827.
Contents: Signature (Page) Reference Contents Signature (Page) Reference Running Titles
A1r title
A1v CONTENTS.
A2r–A2v blank
B1r–C2v (1–20) ‘THE | POCKET HOYLE. | [short rule] | THE GAME OF WHIST. | [...]’ B1v–C2r (2–19) ‘WHIST.’
C2v–C4r (20–23) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF ALL FOURS. | [...]’ C2v–C3v (20–22) ‘ALL FOURS.’
C4r–C6v (23–28) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CASSINO. | [...]’ C4r–C6r (23–27) ‘CASSINO.’
C6v–D4v (28–40) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CRIBBAGE. | [...]’ C6v–D4r (28–39) ‘CRIBBAGE.’
D4v–D5r (40–41) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CONNEXIONS. | [...]’ D4v–D5r (40–41) ‘CONNEXIONS.’
D5v–D6r (42–43) ‘THE GAME OF LANSQUENET. | [...]’ D5v–D6r (42–43) ‘LANSQUENET.’
D6v–D7r (44–45) ‘THE GAME OF MATRIMONY. | [...]’ D6v (44) ‘MATRIMONY.’
D7r–E8v (45–64) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF PIQUET. | [...]’ D7r–E8r (45–63) ‘PIQUET.’
E8v–F1v (64–66) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF PUT. | [...]’ E8v–F1v (64–66) ‘PUT.’
F2r–F6r (67–75) ‘THE GAME OF PHARO. | [...]’ F2r–F5v (67–74) ‘PHARO.’
F6r–G3r (75–85) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF QUADRILLE. | [...]’ F6r–G3r (75–85) ‘QUADRILLE.’
G3r–G3v (85–86) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF QUINZE. | [...]’ G3v (86) ‘QUINZE.’
G4r–G5v (87–90) ‘THE GAME OF ROUGE ET NOIR. | [...]’ G4r–G5v (87–90) ‘ROUGE ET NOIR.’
G5v–G7r (90–93) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF VINGT-UN. | [...]’ G6r–G6v (91–92) ‘VINGT-UN.’
G7r–G8r (93–95) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF LOO. | [...]’ G7r–G7v (93–94) ‘LOO.’
G8r–H1r (95–97) ‘THE GAME OF BRAG. | [...]’ G8r–G8v (95–96) ‘BRAG.’
H1r–H2r (97–99) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF POPE, OR POPE JOAN. | [...]’ H1r–H1v (97–98) ‘POPE JOAN.’
H2r–H3r (99–101) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF COMMERCE. | [...]’ H2r–H3r (99–101) ‘COMMERCE.’
H3v–I6v (102–124) ‘HOYLE'S | GUIDE TO THE TURF. | [...]’ H4r–I6v (103–124) ‘HORSE-RACING.’
Publisher: Griffin & Co., Richard
Price: 1s. (label)
Copies Seen: Levy [2100]
Other Copies: LU [GV1243.H77 1827]
Notes: There is another Glasgow imprint of 1827, Card.2.2 which is a reissue of Card.2.1 (1826). This edition is a new setting of type.

Home