A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Dean.1

Hoyle's Improved Miniature Edition, printed & sold by Dean & Munday, printed & sold by Dean & Munday, 1824.

dean.1.jpg Title: HOYLE'S | IMPROVED | MINIATURE EDITION | OF THE | RULES | FOR PLAYING | FASHIONABLE GAMES: | CONTAINING | COPIOUS DIRECTIONS | FOR | [8 lines to left of rule] PUT, | CASSINO, | WHIST, | CRIBBAGE, | ALL-FOURS, | SPECULATION, | LOTTERY, | DOMINO, | [8 lines to right of rule] CONNEXIONS, | POPE JOAN, | MATRIMONY, | BRAG, | VINGT-UN, | LOO, | COMMERCE, and | DRAUGHTS. | London: | PRINTED & SOLD BY DEAN & MUNDAY. | Threadneedle street. | [short rule] | PRICE SIX-PENCE.
Collation: 16o: B8(−B1) C–D8 E8(−E8) [$1,3 signed]; 30 leaves, pp. [3–5] 6–62
Contents: Signature (Page) Reference Contents Signature (Page) Reference Running Titles
B2r (3) title
B2v (4) blank
B3r–B4r (5–7) ‘HOYLE'S GAMES. | [short rule] | THE GAME OF PUT. | [...]’
B4r–B5v (7–10) ‘[...] | THE | GAME OF CASSINO. | [...]’ B3v–B5v (6–10) ‘HOYLE'S GAMES. | CASSINO.’
B6r–C2v (11–20) ‘THE | GAME OF WHIST. | [...]’ B6v–C2v (12–20) ‘HOYLE'S GAMES. | WHIST.’
C3r–C7r (21–29) ‘CRIBBAGE. | [...]’ C3v–C7r (22–29) ‘HOYLE'S GAMES. | CRIBBAGE.’
C7v–C8v (30–32) ‘THE GAME OF ALL-FOURS. | [...]’ C7v–C8v (30–32) ‘HOYLE'S GAMES. | ALL FOURS.’
D1r–D1v (33–34) ‘THE | GAME OF SPECULATION. | [...]’
D1v–D2r (34–35) ‘[...] | THE | GAME OF LOTTERY. | [...]’ D1v–D2r (34–35) ‘HOYLE'S GAMES. | LOTTERY.’
D2v–D3r (36–37) ‘THE | GAME OF DOMINO. | [...]’ D3r (37) ‘DOMINO.’
D3v–D4r (38–39) ‘THE | GAME OF CONNEXIONS. | [...]’ D4r (39) ‘CONNEXIONS.’
D4r–D5r (39–41) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF | POPE, OR POPE JOAN. | [...]’ D4v–D5r (40–41) ‘HOYLE'S GAMES. | POPE, OR POPE JOAN.’
D5v–D6r (42–43) ‘THE | GAME OF MATRIMONY. | [...]’ D6r (43) ‘MATRIMONY.’
D6v–D7v (44–46) ‘THE | GAME OF BRAG. | [...]’ D7r–D7v (45–46) ‘HOYLE'S GAMES. | BRAG.’
D8r–E1r (47–49) ‘THE | GAME OF VINGT-UN. | [...]’ D8v–E1r (48–49) ‘HOYLE'S GAMES. | VINGT-UN.’
E1v–E2r (50–51) ‘THE | GAME OF LOO. | [...]’ E2r (51) ‘LOO.’
E2v–E4r (52–55) ‘THE | GAME OF COMMERCE. | [...]’ E3r–E4r (53–55) ‘HOYLE'S GAMES. | COMMERCE.’
E4v–E7v (56–62) ‘DRAUGHTS. | [...] | [colophon]’ E5r–E7v (57–62) ‘HOYLE'S GAMES. | DRAUGHTS.’
Printer: Dean & Munday (colophon)
Price: 6d. (title)
References: Jessel 843 (giving a date of 1839 from the English Catalogue), Rather 119a
Colophon: ‘Dean and Munday, Printers, | Threadneedle-Street.’
Copies Seen: Levy [1620]
Notes: My copy is in an original binding with four other Hoyles (Shackell.Chess.1822, Shackell.Draughts.1823, Shackell.Backgammon.1823, and Shackell.Whist.1822 and without a frontispiece. There is a frontispiece dated September, 1, 1824 in my copy of Dean.2, giving a likely date for this work.

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