A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle
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Games.3.P.4
A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for Francis Robertson, piracy of Whist, from the third 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 |
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| π1v |
blank |
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| 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 |
| Notices: |
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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