A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle
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Piquet.1.1
A Short Treatise on the Game of Piquet, printed for F. Cogan, first London edition, 1744.
| Title: | A SHORT | TREATISE | On the GAME of | PIQUET. | Directing with Moral Certainty how to Diſ-|card any Hand to Advantage, by ſhewing | the Chances of taking in any one, two, | three, four, or five certain Cards. | Computations for thoſe who Bet their | Money at the Game. | Alſo the Laws of the Game. | To which are added, | Some Rules and Observations for playing | well at Chess. | [rule] | By Edmund Hoyle, Gent. | [double rule] | LONDON: | Printed for F. Cogan at the | Middle-Temple-Gate. 1744. | Price Two Shilling and Six Pence. |
| Collation: | 12o: [A]2 B–D12 E4 [$1–5 (−E3,4) signed]; 42 leaves, pp. [4 ] [1] 2–79 [80] |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r | title | |||
| A1v | blank | |||
| A2r | ‘[headpiece] | Contents for Piquet. | [...]’ | |||
| A2v | ‘[headpiece] | Contents for Chess. | [...]’ | |||
| B1r–D3v (1–54) | ‘[headpiece] | A TREATISE | On the GAME of PIQUET. | [...]’ | B1v–D3v (2–54) | ‘A Treatiſe on Piquet.’ | |
| D4r–E4r (55–79) | ‘[headpiece] | SOME | Rules and Observations | FOR | Playing well at CHESS. | [...]’ | D4v–E4r (56–79) | ‘Rules and Obſervations | for playing at CHESS.’ | |
| E4v (80) | blank |
| Publisher: | Francis Cogan |
| Printer: | John Watts (ornaments) |
| Notices: | 1744-01-12 Daily Post: "This day is publish'd, price 2s. 6d." Advertised with Whist.4, Laws.1, Backgammon.1, Memory.1. |
| Notices: | 1744-01 Gentleman's Magazine: (Google) 1744-01 The Scots Magazine: (p52) |
| Price: | 2s.6d. (title, advertisement) |
| References: | ESTC T48220, Jessel 779, Marshall s7 no.8 p202 (1889-00-14), Rather 15 |
| Copies Seen: | ABu [In SB 7951 Hoy]; L [1040.b.40(1)] (ECCO); O [G.Pamph.1311(6)]; O [Jessel f.581]; O [Jessel f.582]; NvLN [GV1295.P7.H69 1744] |
| Copies Seen in Collections: | O [12 Theta 1318(4)] (see Cogan.D); O [Jessel f.543(4)] (see Cogan.D); O [Jessel f.580(1)] (see Cogan.D) |
| Other Copies: | SAN [GV1241.H6]; Sings; CtY-BR [NLp89.P7 744h]; KU-S [B3393] |
| Other Copies in Collections: | IU [795.41 H85S]; InU-Li [GV1277.H89 1743] (see Cogan.C) |
| Notes: | 1744-01-11: Entered at Stationers' Hall in the names of Edmond Hoyle and Francis Cogan.In some copies, leaf C10 (pages 43-44) is cancelled. There is no textual difference between the cancelled and uncancelled leaf, so possible the correction was made in the press and only earlier copies were cancelled. |