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Mr. HOYLE's | GAMES | OF | [3 lines to left of double rule] Whiſt, | Quadrille, | Piquet, | [3 lines to right of double rule] Cheſs, | AND | Back-Gammon. | COMPLETE. | In which are contained, | The Method of Playing and Bet-|ting, at those Games, upon equal, | or advantageous Terms. | INCLUDING | The Laws of the ſeveral GAMES. | [rule] | The TWELFTH EDITION. | To which is now firſt added,
| Two New Caſes at Whiſt, never before printed; | ALSO | The New Laws of the Game at Whiſt, | As played at | White's and Saunders's Chocolate-Houſes. | [double rule] | LONDON: | Printed for Thomas Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, | Stanley Crowder, at the Looking-Glaſs; and | Richard Baldwin, at the Roſe, in Pater-noſter-Row. | {Price Three
Shillings, neatly bound.} |
| Collation: |
12o: A–S6 T6(−T6 missing, blank?) [$1–3 signed]; 113 leaves, pp. [i–ii] iii–xii, [1] 2–86 [87–89] 90–115 [116–119] 120–152 [153] 154–168 [169–171] 172–214 |
| Section Title Quadrille |
[headpiece] | A SHORT | TREATISE | On the GAME of | QUADRILLE;
| SHEWING | The Odds of winning or loſing moſt Games |that are commonly
played, either by calling | a King, or by playing Sans Prendre. | To which are added, | The LAWS of the GAME. | The Fourth Edition. | By Edmond Hoyle, Gent. | [headpiece] |
| Section Title Piquet and Chess |
[headpiece] | A SHORT | TREATISE | On the GAME of | PIQUET; |
DIRECTING, | With moral Certainty, how to diſcard any | Hand to Advantage,
by ſhewing the Chances | of taking in any one, two, three, four, or | five
certain Cards. | Computations for thoſe who Bet their | Money at the Game. | ALSO | The LAWS of the GAME. | To which are added, | Some Rules and Observations for play-|ing well at CHESS. | The Fourth Edition. | By Edmond Hoyle, Gent. | [headpiece] |
| Section Title Backgammon |
[headpiece] | A SHORT | TREATISE | On the GAME of |
BACK-GAMMON. | CONTAINING | [12 lines to left of double rule] A Table of the thirty-ſix | Chances, with Directions | how to find out the
Odds | of being hit, upon ſingle, | or double Dice. | Rules whereby a
Beginner | may, with due Attention | to them, attain playing | it well. |
The ſeveral Stages for car-|rying your Men home, in | order to loſe no
Point. [12 lines to right of double rule] How to find out who is |
forwardeſt to win a Hit. | Caſes ſtated for Back-Games, | with Directions
how to | play for one. | Caſes ſtated, how to know | when you may have the |
better of ſaving a Gam-|mon by running. | Variety of Caſes of Curioſity |
and Inſtruction. | The Laws of the Game. | The Fifth Edition. | By Edmond Hoyle, Gent. | [headpiece] |
| Contents: |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Contents |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Running Titles |
| A1r (i) |
title |
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| A1v (ii) |
‘ADVERTISEMENT. | [...]’ |
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| A2r–A6v (iii–xii) |
‘[double rule] | The | CONTENTS. | [...]’ |
A2v–A6v (iv–xii) |
‘The CONTENTS.’ |
| B1r–I1v (1–86) |
‘[double rule] | A SHORT | TREATISE | On the GAME of | WHIST. |
[...]’ |
B1v–I1v (2–86) |
‘A ſhort Treatise on | the Game of WHIST.’ |
| I2r (87) |
section title Quadrille |
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| I2v (88) |
blank |
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| I3r–L4r (89–115) |
‘[double rule] | A SHORT | TREATISE | On the GAME of | QUADRILLE. |
[...]’ |
I3v–L4r (90–115) |
‘A ſhort Treatise on the | Game of QUADRILLE.’ |
| L4v (116) |
blank |
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| L5r (117) |
section title Piquet and Chess |
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| L5v (118) |
blank |
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| L6r–O4v (119–152) |
‘[double rule] | A | TREATISE | On the GAME of | PIQUET. |
[...]’ |
L6v–O4v (120–152) |
‘A Treatise on PIQUET.’ |
| O5r–P6v (153–168) |
‘[double rule] | SOME | Rules and Observations | FOR | Playing well at CHESS. | [...]’ |
O5v–P6r (154–167) |
‘Rules and Observations | for Playing at CHESS.’ |
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on P3r (161), P4r (163), P6r (167) |
‘for playing at CHESS.’ |
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P6v (168) |
‘Rules and Observations, &c.’ |
| Q1r (169) |
section title Backgammon |
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| Q1v (170) |
blank |
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| Q2r–T4v (171–212) |
‘[double rule] | A SHORT | TREATISE | On the GAME of | BACK-GAMMON.
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Q2v–T4r (172–211) |
‘A ſhort Treatise on the | Game of BACK-GAMMON.’ |
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T4v (212) |
‘A ſhort Treatise, &c.’ |
| T5r–T5v (213–214) |
‘Two New CASES at WHIST, | Added ſince this Book was printed off. | [...]’ |
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