A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

Copyright © 2014-26 by David Levy

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Beaufort.2

Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for Osborne and Griffin et al, second London edition, 1788.

	Title:	HOYLE'S GAMES \| IMPROVED: \| BEING \| Practical Treatises on the following \| Fashionable Games, Viz. \| [four lines to left of double rule] WHIST \| QUADRILLE \| PIQUET \| BACK-GAMMON \| [four lines to right of double rule] CHESS \| BILLIARDS \| AND \| TENNIS. \| WITH \| The eſtabliſhed Rules of each Game. \| [rule] \| By JAMES BEAUFORT, Esq. \| Of Cavendish-Square. \| [oxford rule] \| LONDON: \| Printed for Osborne and Griffin; and H. Mozley, \| Gainsbrough. \| [short rule] \| M,DCC,LXXXVIII.
	Collation:	18o: A–S6 [$½ signed]; 108 leaves, pp. [i–iii] iv–vi [vii–xii], [13] 14–128 [129] 130–154 [155] 156–206 [207] 208–216 [misprinting 32 as 30]

Contents:	Signature (Page) Reference	Contents	Signature (Page) Reference	Running Titles
	A1r (i)	title
	A1v (ii)	blank
	A2r–A3v (iii–vi)	‘[oxford rule] \| THE \| INTRODUCTION. \| [...]’	A2v–A3v (iv–vi)	‘INTRODUCTION.’
	A4r–A6v (vii–xii)	‘CONTENTS. \| [...]’	A4v–A6v (viii–xii)	‘CONTENTS.’
	B1r–G5v (13–82)	‘[double rule] \| A \| TREATISE \| ON THE \| GAME OF WHIST. \| [...]’	B1v–G5v (14–82)	‘A Treatise on the \| Game of WHIST.’
	G6r–L4v (83–128)	‘A SHORT \| TREATISE \| ON THE GAME of \| QUADRILLE, \| WITH \| The MEDIATEUR, \| The FAVOURITE SUIT, \| The MEDIATEUR SOLITAIRE; \| Together with ſome new Deciſions. \| [...]’	G6v–L4r (84–127)	‘A Treatise on the \| Game of QUADRILLE.’
			L4v (128)	‘A Treatise on the, &c.’
	L5r–N5v (129–154)	‘A SHORT \| TREATISE \| ON THE GAME of \| PIQUET. [...]’	L5v–N5r (130–153)	‘A Treatise on the \| Game of PIQUET.’
			N5v (154)	‘A Treatise on the, &c.’
	N6r–P5r (155–177)	‘A SHORT \| TREATISE \| ON THE GAME of \| BACKGAMMON. \| [...]’	N6v–P5r (156–177)	‘A Treatise on the \| Game of BACKGAMMON.’
	P5v–Q4r (178–187)	‘A SHORT \| TREATISE \| ON THE GAME of \| CHESS. \| [...]’	P6v–Q4r (180–187)	‘A Treatise on the \| Game of CHESS.’
			on P6r (179)	‘A Treatise on the, &c.’
	Q4v–S1v (188–206)	‘A SHORT \| TREATISE \| ON THE GAME of \| BILLIARDS. \| [...]’	Q5r–S1r (189–205)	‘A Treatise on the \| Game of BILLIARDS.’
			S1v (206)	‘A Treatise, &c.’
	S2r–S6v (207–216)	‘AN \| ACCOUNT \| Of the GAME at \| TENNIS; \| [...]’	S2v–S6v (208–216)	‘Game of TENNIS.’

Catchwords:	B5v(22) rounds [round]; F4v(68) The [CHAP.]; F6r(71) Ditto [Firſt]; I2r(99) deal [the deal]; O1v(158) VII. Six [VII. Size]; O2r(159) quatre [quatre,]
Publisher:	William Osborne, T. Griffin, Henry Mozley
References:	ESTC T87528, Horr 147, Jessel 90, Rather 65
Copies Seen:	BFl [I.795/HOYL (b1124954)]; L [7919.d.31] (ECCO); O [Jessel f.108]; Copisarow; NvLN [GV1201.B39 1788]; OCl [789.87H F88B]; TNJ [GV1227.B3 1788]; Levy [1069]; Levy [2024]
Other Copies:	C [7400.e.5]; BNF [V-31671]; HAG [KW 364 G 63]; LT [Wb 717]; CtY-BR [NLp57 788H]; DeU [GV1201.B4 1788]; LU [GV1201.B4 1788]; MH-H [*61-564]; NNYSL [Z-S B374 H5]; NcD [795.4 B374H]; NcU [GV1201.B4 1788]; PP [795 H852B]; CT-2 [RBC/17/e]