A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Pocket.3

The New Pocket Hoyle, printed by T. Davison for Robert Scholey et al, third London edition, 1807.

pocket.3.jpg Title: THE | NEW POCKET HOYLE, | CONTAINING | THE GAMES | OF | [eight lines to left] WHIST, | QUADRILLE, | PIQUET, | QUINZE, | LANSQUENET, | PHARO, | ROUGE ET NOIR, | CRIBBAGE, | [eight lines to right] MATRIMONY, | CASSINO, | REVERSIS, | PUT, | CONNEXIONS, | ALL FOURS, | AND | SPECULATION. | Accurately displaying the Rules and Practice, | as admitted and established by the first | Players in the Kingdom. | [short rule] | THIRD EDITION. | [short rule] | LONDON: | Printed by T. Davison, White-Friars. | FOR ROBERT SCHOLEY, PATERNOSTER-ROW; | VERNOR, HOOD, AND SHARPE, POULTRY; | J. MURRAY, FLEET-STREET; C. CHAPPLE, | PALL MALL; AND WILSON AND SPENCE, | YORK. | 1807.
Collation: 12o: [A]2 B–S6 [$½ signed]; 104 leaves, pp. [4 ] [1] 2–72 [73] 74–105 [106] 107–129 [130] 131 [132] 133–135 [136] 137–138 [139] 140–149 [150] 151–154 [155] 156–169 [170] 171 [172] 173–177 [178] 179–185 [186] 187–188 [189] 190 [191] 192–194 [195] 196 [197] 198–202 [203–204]
Slipcase: pocket.3.slipcase.jpg
Engraved Title: pocket.3.engraved.title.jpg
Contents: Signature (Page) Reference Contents Signature (Page) Reference Running Titles
A1r title
A1v blank
A2r ‘PREFACE. | [...]’
A2v blank
B1r–F1v (1–50) ‘HOYLE'S GAMES, | &c. &c. | THE GAME OF WHIST. | [...]’ B1v–G6v (2–72) ‘WHIST.’
F2r–G6v (51–72) ‘Mr. PAYNE's | MAXIMS FOR WHIST. | [...]’
H1r–K5r (73–105) ‘THE | GAME OF QUADRILLE. | [...]’ H1v–K5r (74–105) ‘QUADRILLE.’
K5v–M5r (106–129) ‘THE GAME OF PIQUET. | [...]’ K6r–M5r (107–129) ‘PIQUET.’
M5v–M6r (130–131) ‘THE | GAME OF QUINZE. | [...]’ M6r (131) ‘QUINZE.’
M6v–N2r (132–135) ‘THE | GAME OF VINGT-UN. | [...]’ N1r–N2r (133–135) ‘VINGT-UN.’
N2v–N3v (136–138) ‘THE | GAME OF LANSQUENET. | [...]’ N3r–N3v (137–138) ‘LANSQUENET.’
N4r–O3r (139–149) ‘THE | GAME OF PHARO. | [...]’ N4v–O3r (140–149) ‘PHARO.’
O3v–O5v (150–154) ‘THE | GAME OF ROUGE ET NOIR. | [...]’ O4r–O5v (151–154) ‘ROUGE ET NOIR.’
O6r–Q1r (155–169) ‘THE | GAME OF CRIBBAGE. | [...]’ O6v–Q1r (156–169) ‘CRIBBAGE.’
Q1v–Q2r (170–171) ‘THE | GAME OF MATRIMONY. | [...]’ Q2r (171) ‘MATRIMONY.’
Q2v–Q5r (172–177) ‘THE | GAME OF CASSINO. | [...]’ Q3r–Q5r (173–177) ‘CASSINO.’
Q5v–R3r (178–185) ‘THE | GAME OF REVERSIS. | [...]’ Q6r–R3r (179–185) ‘REVERSIS.’
R3v–R4v (186–188) ‘THE | GAME OF PUT. | [...]’ R4r–R4v (187–188) ‘PUT.’
R5r–R5v (189–190) ‘THE | GAME OF CONNEXIONS. | [...]’ R5v (190) ‘CONNEXIONS.’
R6r–S1v (191–194) ‘THE | GAME OF ALL FOURS. | [...]’ R6v–S1v (192–194) ‘ALL FOURS.’
S2r–S2v (195–196) ‘THE | GAME OF SPECULATION. | [...]’ S2v (196) ‘SPECULATION.’
S3r–S5v (197–202) ‘TABLE OF CONTENTS. | [...] | [colophon]’ S3v–S5v (198–202) ‘CONTENTS’
S6r–S6v (203–204) blank
Plates: before A1r engraving: engraved extra title page dated 1807 by Milne
Publisher: Robert Scholey, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, John Murray, Clement Chapple, Wilson and Spence
Printer: Thomas Davison (title, colophon)
Price: 4s. in a slip case (inferred), 5s.6d. calf elegant (inferred), 8s. morocco with silver lock (inferred)
References: Horr 700, Jessel 823, Rather 89
Colophon: ‘T. DAVISON, Printer, White-Friars.’
Copies Seen: BFl [I.795/HOYL (b1125009)]; O [Jessel f.622]; Copisarow [2 copies]; Levy [1813]; Levy [2032]
Copies Seen in Collections: O [Jessel f.623] (see Pocket.A); Levy [1730] (see Pocket.A)
Other Copies: DUu [SC 09513]; AuANL [90 HOY3]; AuANL [RB CLI 1062]
Other Copies in Collections: D [J 393] (see Pocket.A); HAG [KW 363 D 40] (Google) (see Pocket.A); CtY-SM [NLp57 807h] (see Pocket.A); OCl [789.87H G7L4] (see Pocket.A)
Notes: The Oxford copy and one each of the Levy and Copisarow copies have slip cases. The Oxford and Levy copies are dated 1805, the Copisarow copy 1808.

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