A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Fairburn.Games.1820c

Hoyle's Games in Miniature, printed for John Fairburn, printed for John Fairburn, 1820.

Title: HOYLE'S | GAMES, | IN | MINIATURE, | CONTAINING | RULES AND DIRECTIONS | FOR | [five lines to left of rule] WHIST, | PUT, | SEPCULATION, | CONNEXIONS, | MATRIMONY, | [five lines to right of rule] CRIBBAGE, | LOO, | CASSINO, | VINGT-UN, | ALL-FOURS. | [short rule] By BOB SHORT, Jun. | [short rule] | LONDON: | Printed for JOHN FAIRBURN, 2, Broadway, | Ludgate-Hill. | (PRICE SIXPENCE.)
Collation: 10.1 x 6.7: A–D8 [$1–2 signed]; 32 leaves, pp. [1–5] 6–22 [23] 24 [25] 26 [27] 28 [29] 30–34 [35] 36–50 [51] 52–53 [54] 55–56 [57] 58–61 [62] 63–64
Wrapper: HOYLE'S | GAMES, | IN | MINIATURE | CONTAINING | RULES AND DIRECTIONS | FOR | [five lines to left of rule] WHIST, | PUT, | SEPCULATION, | CONNEXIONS, | MATRIMONY, | [five lines to right of rule] CRIBBAGE, | LOO, | CASSINO, | VINGT-UN, | ALL-FOURS. | [short rule] | By BOB SHORT, Jun. | [short rule] | LONDON: | Printed for JOHN FAIRBURN, 2, Broadway, | Ludgate-Hill. | (PRICE SIXPENCE.)
Contents: Signature (Page) Reference Contents Signature (Page) Reference Running Titles
A1r (1) title
A1v (2) ‘[short oxford rule] | W. Marchant, Printer, | Ingram-Court, London.’
A2r (3) ‘CONTENTS. | [...]’
A2v (4) blank
A3r–B3v (5–22) ‘[oxford rule] | WHIST. | [...]’ A3v–B3v (6–22) ‘WHIST.’
B4r–B4v (23–24) ‘SPECULATION. | [...]’ B4v (24) ‘SPECULATION.’
B5r–B5v (25–26) ‘CONNEXIONS. | [...]’ B5v (26) ‘CONNEXIONS.’
B6r–B6v (27–28) ‘MATRIMONY. | [...]’ B6v (28) ‘MATRIMONY.’
B7r–C1v (29–34) ‘CASSINO. | [...]’ B7v–C1v (30–34) ‘CASSINO.’
C2r–D1v (35–50) ‘CRIBBAGE. | [...]’ C2r–D1v (35–50) ‘CRIBBAGE.’
D2r–D3r (51–53) ‘PUT. | [...]’ D2v–D3r (52–53) ‘PUT.’
D3v–D4v (54–56) ‘LOO. | [...]’ D4r–D4v (55–56) ‘LOO.’
D5r–D7r (57–61) ‘VINGT-UN. | [...]’ D5v–D7r (58–61) ‘VINGT-UN.’
D7v–D8v (62–64) ‘ALL-FOURS. | [...] | [colophon]’ D8r–D8v (63–64) ‘ALL-FOURS.’
Plates: Frontispiece woodblock: A hand-colored array of playing cards
Publisher: John Fairburn
Printer: William Marchant (colophon)
Price: 6d. (title)
Colophon: ‘[rule] | W. Marchant, Printer, Ingram-Court, London.’
Copies Seen: O [Vet. A6 e.2269]

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