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| Title: | A SHORT | TREATISE | On the GAME of | WHIST. | CONTAINING | The LAWS of the GAME: | AND ALSO | A DICTIONARY for WHIST, | Which reſolves all the Critical Cases that | may happen at this Game. | to this Edition is also added, | An ARTIFICIAL MEMORY for thoſe | who play at Whist. | By EDMOND HOYLE, Gent. | [rule] | The Twelfth Edition. | [rule] | EDINBURGH: | Printed for Francis Robertson, Bookſeller, | Parliament Cloſe. M,DCC,LXVII. |
| Collation: | 8o: π1, 2π2 A–L4 M1 [$1 (+A1) signed]; 48 leaves, pp. [6 ] [1] 2–90 |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| π1r | title | |||
| π1v | blank | |||
| 2π1r–π2v | ‘THE | CONTENTS | [...]’ | 2π1v–π2v | ‘The CONTENTS.’ | |
| A1r–M1v (1–90) | ‘[double rule] | A SHORT | TREATISE | On the GAME of | WHIST. | [...]’ | A1v–M1v (2–90) | ‘A ſhort Treatise on | the Game of Whist.’ |
| Publisher: | Francis Robertson |
| Advertisements: | 1767-06-20 Caledonian Mercury |
| Price: | 6d. (advertisement) |
| Copies Seen: | BFl [I.795/HOYL (b1163081)] |
| Notes: | The only known copy at the Linen Hall Library lacks pages 25 through 42. |