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.

fairburn.games.1825.jpg 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: fairburn.games.1825.wrapper.jpg [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: fairburn.games.1825.frontispiece.jpg
Contents: Signature (Page) Reference Contents Signature (Page) Reference Running Titles
A1r (1) title
A1v (2) blank
A2r (3) ‘CONTENTS. | [...]’
A2v (4) blank
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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