A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Companion to the Card Table, printed for William Clarke, printed for William Clarke, 1820.

Title: HOYLE'S GAMES; | BEING | A Companion to the Card Table: | CONTAINING | RULES AND DIRECTIONS | FOR | PLAYING THE GAMES | OF | [eight lines to left of double rule] WHIST, | QUADRILLE, | PIQUET, | QUINZE, | VINGT-UN, | LANSQUENET, | PHARO, | ROUGE ET NOIR, | [eight lines to right of double rule] CRIBBAGE, | MATRIMONY, | CASSINO, | REVERSIS, | PUT, | CONNEXIONS, | ALL FOURS, | SPECULATION. | Accurately displaying | THE RULES AND PRACTICE. | [short reverse oxford rule] | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR WILLIAM CLARKE, | 92, ROYAL EXCHANGE. | [short rule] | 1820.
Collation: 16o: [A]2 B–G8 H2 [$1–4 (−C4,H2) signed]; 52 leaves, pp. [4 ] [1] 2–5 [6] 7–100
Contents: Signature (Page) Reference Contents Signature (Page) Reference Running Titles
A1r title
A1v ‘W. Shackell, Printer, | No. 11, Johnson's-court, Fleet-street.’
A2r ‘CONTENTS. | [...]’
A2v blank
B1r–C2r (1–19) ‘THE | POCKET HOYLE. | [short rule] | THE GAME OF WHIST. | [...]’ B1v–C1v (2–18) ‘WHIST.’
C2r–C7r (19–29) ‘[...] | THE | GAME OF QUADRILLE. | [...]’ C2r–C7r (19–29) ‘QUADRILLE.’
C7v–D8v (30–48) ‘THE GAME OF PIQUET. | [...]’ C7v–D8v (30–48) ‘PIQUET.’
E1r–E1v (49–50) ‘THE | GAME OF QUINZE. | [...]’
E1v–E3r (50–53) ‘[...] | THE | GAME OF VINGT-UN. | [...]’ E1v–E3r (50–53) ‘VINGT-UN.’
E3r–E4r (53–55) ‘[...] | THE | GAME OF LANSQUENET. | [...]’ E3v (54) ‘LANSQUENET.’
E4r–E8r (55–63) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF PHARO. | [...]’ E4r–E8r (55–63) ‘PHARO.’
E8v–F2v (64–68) ‘THE | GAME OF ROUGE ET NOIR. | [...]’ F1r–F2r (65–67) ‘ROUGE ET NOIR.’
F2v–F8r (68–79) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CRIBBAGE. | [...]’ F2v–F8r (68–79) ‘CRIBBAGE.’
F8v–G1r (80–81) ‘THE | GAME OF MATRIMONY. | [...]’ F8v (80) ‘MATRIMONY.’
G1r–G3v (81–86) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CASSINO. | [...]’ G1r–G3r (81–85) ‘CASSINO.’
G3v–G6v (86–92) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF REVERSIS. | [...]’ G3v–G7r (86–93) ‘REVERSIS.’
G7r–G8r (93–95) ‘THE GAME OF PUT. | [...]’ G7v (94) ‘PUT.’
G8r–G8v (95–96) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CONNEXIONS. | [...]’ G8r (95) ‘CONNEXIONS.’
G8v–H2r (96–99) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF ALL FOURS. | [...]’ G8v–H2r (96–99) ‘ALL FOURS.’
H2r–H2v (99–100) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF SPECULATION. | [...] | [colophon]’ H2v (100) ‘SPECULATION.’
Plates: Frontispiece woodblock: Four court playing cards, hand colored.
Publisher: William Clarke
Printer: William Shackell
References: Rather 112
Colophon: ‘W. Shackell, Printer, | No. 11, Johnson's-court, Fleet-street.’
Copies Seen: O [Jessel g.96]; TNJ [GV1243.H86 1820]
Notes: This is an abridgement of Wynne and Scholey's New Pocket Hoyle, Companion to the Card Table.

The Vanderbilt copy has the original printed wrappers bound in. The front wrapper is the same as the title page within a decorative border, the back advertises two other Clarke publications.

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