A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

Copyright © 2014-26 by David Levy

(page updated 2023-11-30)

Dean.2

Hoyle's Improved Miniature Edition, printed and sold by Dean and Munday, printed and sold by Dean and Munday, 1827.

	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. \| [short rule] \| LONDON: \| PRINTED AND SOLD BY DEAN AND 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

Wrapper:
Frontispiece:

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–C2r (12–19)	‘HOYLE'S GAMES. \| WHIST.’
	C2v–C7r (20–29)	‘CRIBBAGE. \| [...]’	C3r–C7r (21–29)	‘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.’

Plates:	Frontispiece engraving: Two couples playing whist, captioned ‘HOYLE'S GAMES. \| Published Septr. 1. 1824 by Dean & Munday, Threadneedle Street.’
Printer:	Dean & Munday (colophon)
Price:	6d. (cover, title)
Colophon:	‘[rule] \| Dean and Munday, Printers, Threadneedle-Street.’
Copies Seen:	Levy [1915]
Notes:	The rear wrapper advertises books including The Art of Swimming which has a frontispiece dated 1827, giving an approximate date for this book. It is likely that the frontispiece, dated September 1, 1824, was originally used in Dean.1.