A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Dundee.1

Hoyle's Game of Whist, printed for T. Ostell, et al, first Dundee edition, a “new” edition, 1806.

dundee.1.jpg Title: HOYLE'S | GAME OF WHIST, | WITH ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS | OF | MODERN WRITERS, | AND THE | BEST PLAYERS. | [short rule] | A NEW EDITION. | [short rule] | DUNDEE: | PRINTED FOR T. OSTELL, AVE-MARIA-|LANE, LONDON; MANNERS & MILLER, | EDINBURGH; AND C. MITCHEL & CO. | PERTH. | W. Chambers, Printer, Cowgate, Dundee. | [short rule] | 1806.
Collation: 24o: π2 A–E6 F4 [$1–3 (−E3) signed]; 36 leaves, pp. [i–iii] iv, [1] 2–67 [68]
Slipcase: dundee.1.slipcase.jpg
Contents: Signature (Page) Reference Contents Signature (Page) Reference Running Titles
π1r (i) title
π1v (ii) blank
π2r–π2v (iii–iv) ‘CONTENTS. | [...]’ π2v (iv) ‘CONTENTS.’
A1r–A1v (1–2) ‘THE | GAME OF WHIST. | [...]’ A1v–F4r (2–67) ‘WHIST.’
A1v–A2r (2–3) ‘[...] | TWENTY-FOUR SHORT RULES FOR | LEARNERS. | [...]’
A2r (3) ‘[...] | METHODS OF SCORING AT WHIST. | [...]’
A2v–E3v (4–54) Hoyle on Whist
E4r–F4r (55–67) ‘Mr. Payne's Maxims for Whist. | [...] | [colophon]’
F4v (68) blank
Publisher: Thomas Ostell, Manners & Miller, C. Mitchel & Co.
Printer: William Chambers
Colophon: ‘[two lines to left of brace] W. Chambers, Printer, Advertiſer-|Office, Cowgate, Dundee’
Copies Seen: E [RB.s.2850]; O [Jessel g.95]; ViU [Lindemann 03876]; Levy [1684]; Levy [1809]; Levy [2141]
Notes: A miniature, with dimensions 8.2 x 4.8 centimeters.

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