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Title: |
MR. HOYLE'S | GAMES | OF | [3 lines to left of double rule] WHIST, |
QUADRILLE, | PIQUET, | [3 lines to right of double rule] CHESS, | AND |
BACKGAMMON, | COMPLETE. | In which are contained, | THE METHOD OF PLAYING
AND BETTING | AT THOSE GAMES, UPON EQUAL OR | ADVANTAGEOUS TERMS. |
INCLUDING | THE LAWS OF THE SEVERAL GAMES; | To which are now added, | TWO
NEW CASES AT WHIST. | ALSO, | THE NEW LAWS OF THE GAME OF WHIST, | As played at White's and Saunders' Chocolate | Houses.
| [short rule] | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR J. BRAMBLES, A. MEGGITT, AND | J. WATERS, BY H. MOZLEY,
GAINSBOROUGH. | 1807. |
| Collation: |
18o: A–C6 E–Q6 R8 [$½ signed]; 98 leaves, pp. [1–3] 4–87 [88] 89–109 [110] 111–140 [141] 142–154 [155] 156–195 [196] |
| Contents: |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Contents |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Running Titles |
| A1r (1) |
title |
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| A1v (2) |
blank |
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| A2r–I2r (3–87) |
‘[oxford rule] | A SHORT TREATISE | ON THE GAME OF | WHIST. |
[...]’ |
A2v–I2r (4–87) |
‘WHIST.’ |
| I2v–L1r (88–109) |
‘[oxford rule] | A | SHORT TREATISE | ON THE | GAME OF QUADRILLE; |
SHOWING | 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. | [...]’ |
I3r–L1r (89–109) |
‘QUADRILLE.’ |
| L1v–N4v (110–140) |
‘A | SHORT TREATISE | ON THE | GAME OF | PIQUET; |
DIRECTING, | With moral Certainty, how to discard any | Hand to Advantage,
by showing 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 | PLAYING WELL AT CHESS. | [...]’ |
L2r–N4v (111–140) |
‘PIQUET.’ |
| N5r–O5v (141–154) |
‘SOME | RULES AND OBSERVATIONS | FOR | PLAYING WELL
AT CHESS. | [...]’ |
N5v–O5v (142–154) |
‘CHESS.’ |
| O6r–R7r (155–193) |
‘A | SHORT TREATISE | ON THE GAME OF | BACK-GAMMON, | CONTAINING, |
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 carrying your Men home, in | order to loſe no Point. | 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 bet-|ter of ſaving a Gammon by running. | Variety of Caſes of
Curioſity and Inſtruction. | The Laws of the Game. | [...]’ |
O6v–R8r (156–195) |
‘BACK-GAMMON.’ |
| R7v–R8r (194–195) |
‘TWO NEW CASES AT WHIST. | [...] | [colophon]’ |
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| R8v (196) |
blank |
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| Publisher: |
J. Brambles, A. Meggitt, J. Waters |
| Printer: |
Henry Mozley (colophon) |
| References: |
Horr 681, Jessel 826, Rather 92 |
| Colophon: |
‘Printed by H. Mozley, Gainſborough.’ |
| Copies Seen: |
O [3843 g.3]; OCl [789.87H G7L]; Levy [0085] |
| Other Copies: |
NN [MZ (Hoyle. Games of whist, etc. 1807)] |
| Notes: |
A reprint of Games.3, the "twelfth" edition (1760), without the updates from Games.4, the "thirteenth" edition (1763). Nor did it comtain any of the post-Donaldson
improvements.The printer, Henry Mozley, appears to be the son of the Henry Mozley who
published Beaufort.2 (1788). |