A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Laws.1

The Laws of the Game of Whist Designed for Framing, printed for F. Cogan, first London edition, 1743.

Publisher: Francis Cogan
Advertisements: 1743-03-05 General Evening Post: “At the particular desire of several persons of quaility, the laws of the game are printed on a fine imperial paper, proper to be framed or made screens of that the players may have 'em before them to refer to, if any disputes should arise. Price 2s. 6d.”
Price: 2s.6d. (advertisement)
References: Jessel 785, Rather 10
Notes: No copy of the separately published Laws of Whist printed for Francis Cogan are known to survive. Nonetheless, I am convinced that they were printed for reasons that appear in my essay "Unusual Bibliographical Evidence."

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