A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Chances.D.1

The Doctrine of Chances, printed for G. and A. Ewing, first Dublin edition, 1761.

	Title:	An \| ESSAY \| Towards making the \| DOCTRINE \| OF \| CHANCES \| Easy to thoſe who underſtand Vulgar \| Arithmetick only. \| To which are added, \| Some Uſeful TABLES on Annuities \| for Lives, &c. &c. &c. \| [rule] \| By Mr. HOYLE. \| [double rule] \| DUBLIN: \| Printed for G. and A. Ewing, at the \| Angel and Bible in Dame-ſtreet, \| [short rule] \| M,DCC,LXI.
	Collation:	12o: A–D8/4 E4 F1 [$½ signed]; 29 leaves, pp. [i–iii] iv–vi, [7] 8–58

Contents:	Signature (Page) Reference	Contents	Signature (Page) Reference	Running Titles
	A1r (i)	title
	A1v (ii)	blank
	A2r–A2v (iii–iv)	‘[headpiece] \| TO THE \| RIGHT HONOURABLE \| THE \| EARL of EGMONT. \| [...]’	A2v (iv)	‘DEDICATION.’
	A3r–A3v (v–vi)	‘[headpiece] \| THE \| PREFACE. \| [...]’	A3v (vi)	‘The PREFACE.’
	A4r–F1v (7–58)	‘[headpiece] \| AN \| ESSAY \| ON THE \| Doctrine of Chances, &c. \| [...]’	A4v–F1r (8–57)	‘An Essay on the \| Doctrine of Chances.’
			F1v (58)	‘An Essay, &c.’

Catchwords:	A8v(16) The [Then]; C4v(32) Quere, [Quere]
Publisher:	George and Alexander Ewing
Printer:	Samuel Powell (ornaments)
References:	ESTC T118623, Jessel 797, Rather 42
Copies Seen in Collections:	D [Dublin1761(21)] (see Ewing.D); L [1607/4733] (ECCO) (see Ewing.D); L [1607/526] (ECCO) (see Ewing.D); O [Jessel f.574] (see Ewing.D); NvLN [GV1241.H86 1761] (see Ewing.D); NvLN [QA273.18.H69 1761] (see Ewing.D); OCl [789.87H F61D] (see Ewing.D); TNJ [GV1241.H8P 1761] (see Ewing.D); Levy [1745] (see Ewing.D); Levy [1804] (see Ewing.D)
Other Copies in Collections:	C [Hib.7.761.25] (see Ewing.D); HAG [KW 364 G 168] (see Ewing.D); LU-S [GV1241.H86 1761] (see Ewing.D); NNStJ [GV1241.H86 1761] (see Ewing.D); NNU-F [GV1241.H6 1761] (see Ewing.D); NjP [42845.479.31] (see Ewing.D); RP [795 H868 1761 SpecColT] (see Ewing.D)