A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Games.2.P

A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for Francis Robertson, Edinburgh reprint of Whist, "twelfth" edition, 1767.

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.

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