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Title: | HOYLE's GAMES | IMPROVED: | BEING | Practical Treatises on the follow-|ing Fashionable Games, Viz. | [four lines to left of rule] WHIST | QUADRILLE | PIQUET | BACK-GAMMON | [four lines to right of rule] CHESS | BILLIARDS | AND | TENNIS. | WITH | The eſtabliſhed Rules of Game. | [rule] | By JAMES BEAUFORT, Esq. | Of Cavendish-Square. | [oxford rule] | BOSTON: | PRINTED AND SOLD BY WILLIAM SPOTSWOOD | [short rule] | 1796. |
| Collation: | 18o: A–S6 [$½ signed; signing S3 as S2]; 108 leaves, pp. [i–iii] iv–v [vi] vii–xi [xii], [1] 2–18 [19–20] 21–74 [75] 76–118 [119] 120–142 [143] 144–165 [166] 167–175 [176] 177–194 [195] 196–204 |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (i) | title | |||
| A1v (ii) | blank | |||
| A2r–A3r (iii–v) | ‘[oxford rule] | THE | INTRODUCTION. | [...]’ | A2v–A3r (iv–v) | ‘INTRODUCTION.’ | |
| A3v–A6r (vi–xi) | ‘CONTENTS. | [...]’ | A4r–A6r (vii–xi) | ‘CONTENTS.’ | |
| A6v (xii) | blank | |||
| B1r–H1v (1–74) | ‘[double rule] | A | TREATISE | ON THE | GAME OF WHIST. | [...]’ | B1v–H1r (2–73) | ‘A Treatise on the | Game of WHIST.’ | |
| H1v (74) | ‘A Treatise on the, &c.’ | |||
| H2r–L5v (75–118) | ‘[double rule] | A SHORT | TREATISE | ON THE GAME OF | QUADRILLE, | WITH | The MEDIATEUR, | The FAVOURITE SUIT, | The MEDIATEUR SOLITAIRE; | Together with ſome new Deciſions. | [...]’ | H2v–L5r (76–117) | ‘A Treatise on the | Game of QUADRILLE.’ | |
| L5v (118) | ‘Game of QUADRILLE.’ | |||
| L6r–N5v (119–142) | ‘A SHORT | TREATISE | ON THE GAME OF | PIQUET. | [...]’ | L6v–N5r (120–141) | ‘A Treatise on the | Game of PIQUET.’ | |
| N5v (142) | ‘Game of PIQUET.’ | |||
| N6r–P5r (143–165) | ‘A SHORT | TREATISE | ON THE GAME OF | BACKGAMMON. | [...]’ | N6v–P5r (144–165) | ‘A Treatise on the | Game of BACKGAMMON.’ | |
| P5v–Q4r (166–175) | ‘A SHORT | TREATISE | ON THE GAME OF | CHESS. | [...]’ | P6r–Q4r (167–175) | ‘A Treatise on the | Game of CHESS.’ | |
| Q4v–S1v (176–194) | ‘A SHORT | TREATISE | ON THE GAME OF | BILLIARDS: | [...]’ | Q5r–S1r (177–193) | ‘A Treatise on the | Game of BILLIARDS.’ | |
| S1v (194) | ‘A Treatise, &c.’ | |||
| S2r–S6v (195–204) | ‘AN | ACCOUNT | OF THE GAME AT | TENNIS; | [...]’ | S2v–S6v (196–204) | ‘Game of TENNIS.’ |
| Publisher: | William Spotswood |
| Printer: | William Spotswood |
| References: | ESTC W11314, Rather 75 |
| Copies Seen: | MWA [DB]; OCl [789.87H F96B2]; PPL [Evans 30598]; Levy [1783] |
| Other Copies: | NjP [4284.05.479.131] |
| Notes: | The same setting of type as Beaufort.US.1.2 (New York) and Beaufort.US.1.3 (Philadelphia). Indeed even the title pages are the same setting of type except for the imprint. The book was set from Beaufort.1 (1775) rather than Beaufort.2 (1788). On K3r(197) of the 1775 edition, the odds of winning a billiards match at the score of eight-love are given as 5-1. On S1r(205) of the 1788 edition, they are given as 6-1. On S1r(193) of the American editions they are given as 5-1Some copies have page 38 misprinted as 83 or 48 misprinted as 84. |