A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle
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Fairburn.Games.1825c
Hoyle's Games in Miniature, printed and published by John Fairburn, printed for John Fairburn, 1825.
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Title: |
HOYLE'S | GAMES, | IN | MINIATURE: | CONTAINING | RULES AND DIRECTIONS | FOR | [six
lines to left of rule] WHIST, | PUT, | SEPCULATION, | CONNEXIONS, | MATRIMONY, | CRIBBAGE,
| [six lines to right of rule] LOO, | CASSINO, | VINGT-UN, | ALL-FOURS, | BRAGG, |
DOMINO. | [short rule] By BOB SHORT, Jun. | [short rule] | LONDON: | Printed and published by JOHN FAIRBURN, | 2, Broadway, Ludgate-Hill. | (PRICE SIXPENCE.) |
| Collation: |
11.0 x 7.0: A–D6, 2D6 E6 [$1,3 signed; signing $3 as '$2']; 36 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 [65] 66–69 [70] 71–72 |
| Wrapper: |
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[within a border of type ornaments] 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 decorative rule] | By BOB SHORT, Jun. | [short decorative rule] | LONDON: | Printed for JOHN FAIRBURN, 2, Broadway, | Ludgate-Hill. | (PRICE SIXPENCE.) |
| Frontispiece: |
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| Contents: |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Contents |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Running Titles |
| A1r (1) |
title |
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| A1v (2) |
blank |
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| A2r (3) |
‘CONTENTS. | [...]’ |
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| A2v (4) |
blank |
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| A3r–E2v (5–64) |
See Fairburn.Games.1820c |
A3v–E2v (6–64) |
See Fairburn.Gams.1820c |
| E3r–E5r (65–69) |
‘BRAG. | [...]’ |
E3v–E5r (66–69) |
‘BRAG.’ |
| E5v–E6v (70–72) |
‘DOMINO. | [...] | [colophon]’ |
E6r–E6v (71–72) |
‘DOMINO.’ |
| Plates: |
Frontispiece woodblock: A hand-colored array of playing cards |
| Publisher: |
John Fairburn |
| Printer: |
John Fairburn (colophon) |
| Price: |
6d. (title) |
| Colophon: |
‘[rule] | Printed by John Fairburn, 2, Broadway, | Ludgate-Hill.’ |
| Copies Seen: |
Copisarow; Levy [2160] |
| Notes: |
The first 64 pages are the same setting of type as Fairburn.Games.1820c, reimposed in sixes and with the same frontispiece. The wrapper is reset, although
unlike the title page, it ignores the added material on the games of brag and domino
from pages 65-72. |
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