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Title: | HOYLE'S GAMES, | IMPROVED AND ENLARGED | BY | NEW AND PRACTICAL TREATISES, | WITH THE | MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CHANCES | OF THE | MOST FASHIONABLE GAMES OF THE DAY, | FORMING AN EASY AND | Scientific Guide to the Gaming Table, | AND THE | MOST POPULAR SPORTS OF THE FIELD. | [short rule] | BY G. H ———, ESQ. | [short rule] | "Ita vita est hominum quasi cum Ludas tesseras—si illud quod | maximé opus est no jactu cadet illud quod accidet id arte ut cor-|regas."—Terence. | [short rule] | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, REES, AND CO.; J. RICHARDSON; | J. M. RICHARDSON; R. SCHOLEY; BALDWIN AND CRADOCK; | HAMILTON AND CO.; J. HEARNE; WHITTAKER AND CO.; | SHERWOOD AND CO.; J. DUNCAN; SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, | AND CO.; J. DOWDING; AND J. WICKSTEED. | [short rule] | 1835. |
| Collation: | 18o: [A]6 B–2T6 [$1,3 signed; signing $3 as '$2']; 252 leaves, pp. [i–v] vi–vii [viii–ix] x [xi–xii], [1] 2–84 [85] 86–289 [290–291] 292–434 [435] 436–472 [473] 474–476 [477] 478–492 [misprinting 233 as 333, 235 as 335] |
| Half Title: | HOYLE'S GAMES. |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (i) | half title | |||
| A1v (ii) | blank | |||
| A2r (iii) | title | |||
| A2v (iv) | ‘[short rule] | BAYLIS AND LEIGHTON, | JOHNSON'S COURT, FLEET STREET.’ | |||
| A3r–A4r (v–vii) | ‘ADVERTISEMENT. | [...]’ | A3v–A4r (vi–vii) | ‘ADVERTISEMENT.’ | |
| A4v (viii) | blank | |||
| A5r–A5v (ix–x) | ‘CONTENTS. | [...]’ | A5v (x) | ‘CONTENTS.’ | |
| A6r (xi) | ‘PART I. | [short rule] | GAMES OF CHANCE. | [short rule]’ | |||
| A6v (xii) | blank | |||
| B1r–B2r (1–3) | ‘HOYLE'S GAMES. | [short rule] | PART I. | GAMES OF CHANCE. | [short rule] | INTRODUCTION. | [...]’ | B1v–B2r (2–3) | ‘INTRODUCTION.’ | |
| B2v–C4r (4–19) | ‘THE DOCTRINE OF CHANCES. | [...]’ | B3r–C3v (5–18) | ‘THE DOCTRINE OF CHANCES.’ | |
| C4r–D2r (19–27) | ‘[...] | COMBINATIONS OF DICE. | [...]’ | C4r–D1v (19–26) | ‘COMBINATIONS OF DICE.’ | |
| D2r–D2v (27–28) | ‘[...] | RAFFLE. | [...]’ | D2r–D2v (27–28) | ‘RAFFLE.’ | |
| D3r–D5v (29–34) | ‘THE GAME OF HAZARD. | [...]’ | D3v–D5r (30–33) | ‘HAZARD.’ | |
| D5v–E6r (34–47) | ‘[...] | ROUGE ET NOIR. | [...]’ | D5v–E5v (34–46) | ‘ROUGE ET NOIR.’ | |
| E6r–F2r (47–51) | ‘[...] | LA ROULETTE. | [...]’ | E6r–F2r (47–51) | ‘LA ROULETTE.’ | |
| F2v–F6r (52–59) | ‘FRENCH LOTTERY. | [...]’ | F3r–F5v (53–58) | ‘FRENCH LOTTERY.’ | |
| F6r–G4r (59–67) | ‘[...] | FARO. | [...]’ | F6r–G3v (59–66) | ‘FARO.’ | |
| G4r (67) | ‘[...] | EO. | [...]’ | G4r (67) | ‘EO.’ | |
| G4v–G5v (68–70) | ‘COMMERCE. | [...]’ | G5r–G5v (69–70) | ‘COMMERCE.’ | |
| G6r (71) | ‘CONNEXIONS. | [...]’ | |||
| G6v–H1r (72–73) | ‘LANSQUENET. | [...]’ | |||
| H1r–H1v (73–74) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF LOO. | [...]’ | H1r (73) | ‘LOO.’ | |
| H1v–H3r (74–77) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF LOTO. | [...]’ | H1v–H3r (74–77) | ‘LOTO.’ | |
| H3v–H4r (78–79) | ‘THE GAME OF LOTTERY. | [...]’ | |||
| H4r–H4v (79–80) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF MATRIMONY. | [...]’ | H4r (79) | ‘MATRIMONY.’ | |
| H4v–H5r (80–81) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF QUINZE. | [...]’ | H4v (80) | ‘QUINZE’ | |
| H5r–H5v (81–82) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF SPECULATION. | [...]’ | H5r–H5v (81–82) | ‘SPECULATION.’ | |
| H6r–H6v (83–84) | ‘THE GAME OF VINGT-UN. | [...]’ | H6v (84) | ‘VINGT-UN.’ | |
| I1r–I1v (85–86) | ‘PART II. | MIXED GAMES OF CHANCE | AND SKILL. | [short rule] | INTRODUCTION. | [...]’ | I1v (86) | ‘INTRODUCTION.’ | |
| I2r–I3r (87–89) | ‘WHIST. | [short rule] | Odds against and for the dealer's hand of trumps, | [...]’ | I2v–I3r (88–89) | ‘WHIST.’ | |
| I3v–Q2r (90–171) | ‘THE GAME OF WHIST. | [...]’ | I4r–Q2r (91–171) | ‘WHIST.’ | |
| Q2v–Q3r (172–173) | ‘SHORT WHIST. | [...]’ | Q3r (173) | ‘SHORT WHIST.’ | |
| Q3v–R2v (174–184) | ‘ECARTÉ | [...]’ | Q4r–R2v (175–184) | ‘ECARTE.’ | |
| R3r–T5r (185–213) | ‘PIQUET. | [...]’ | R3v–T5r (186–213) | ‘PIQUET.’ | |
| T5v–X3v (214–234) | ‘BACKGAMMON. | [...]’ | T6r–X3r (215–233) | ‘BACKGAMMON.’ | |
| X3v–X6v (234–240) | ‘[...] | BOSTON. | [...]’ | X3v–X6r (234–239) | ‘BOSTON.’ | |
| X6v–Y1v (240–242) | ‘[...] | BRAG. | [...]’ | X6v–Y1v (240–242) | ‘BRAG.’ | |
| Y2r–Y2v (243–244) | ‘ALL-FOURS. | [...]’ | |||
| Y2v–Y4r (244–247) | ‘[...] | CASSINO. | [...]’ | Y2v–Y3v (244–246) | ‘CASSINO.’ | |
| Y4r–Z3r (247–257) | ‘[...] | CRIBBAGE. | [...]’ | Y4r–Z2v (247–256) | ‘CRIBBAGE.’ | |
| Z3r–Z3v (257–258) | ‘[...] | DOMINO. | [...]’ | Z3r–Z3v (257–258) | ‘DOMINO.’ | |
| Z4r–Z4v (259–260) | ‘POPE, OR POPE JOAN. | [...]’ | |||
| Z4v–Z5r (260–261) | ‘[...] | PUT. | [...]’ | Z4v–Z5r (260–261) | ‘PUT.’ | |
| Z5v–2B4r (262–283) | ‘QUADRILLE. | [...]’ | Z6r–2B4r (263–283) | ‘QUADRILLE.’ | |
| 2B4v–2C1r (284–289) | ‘REVERSIS. | [...]’ | 2B5r–2C1r (285–289) | ‘REVERSIS.’ | |
| 2C1v (290) | blank | |||
| 2C2r (291) | ‘PART III. | MENTAL AND BODILY GAMES | [...]’ | |||
| 2C2v–2E5v (292–322) | ‘BILLIARDS. | [...]’ | 2C3r–2E5r (293–321) | ‘BILLIARDS.’ | |
| 2E5v–2L6r (322–395) | ‘[...] | CHESS. | [...]’ | 2E5v–2L6r (322–395) | ‘CHESS.’ | |
| 2L6v–2M4r (396–403) | ‘DRAUGHTS. | [...]’ | 2M1r–2M3r (397–401) | ‘DRAUGHTS.’ | |
| on 2M3v–2M4r (402–403) | ‘DRAUGHTS—Game I. | DRAUGHTS—Game II.’ | |||
| 2M4v–2O1r (404–421) | ‘POLISH DRAUGHTS. | [...]’ | 2M5r–2O1r (405–421) | ‘POLISH DRAUGHTS.’ | |
| 2O1v–2O4r (422–427) | ‘CRICKET. | [short rule] | THE LAWS, AS REVISED BY THE MARYLEBONE | CLUB IN THE YEAR 1830. | [...]’ | 2O2r–2O4r (423–427) | ‘CRICKET.’ | |
| 2O4v–2O5r (428–429) | ‘GOFF, OR GOLF. | [...]’ | 2O5r (429) | ‘GOFF.’ | |
| 2O5v–2P1v (430–434) | ‘TENNIS. | [...]’ | 2O6r–2P1v (431–434) | ‘TENNIS.’ | |
| 2P2r–2P5v (435–442) | ‘ARCHERY. | [...]’ | 2P2v–2P5v (436–442) | ‘ARCHERY.’ | |
| 2P6r–2R3r (443–461) | ‘GAME COCKS. | [...]’ | 2P6v–2R2v (444–460) | ‘GAME COCKS.’ | |
| 2R3r–2T6v (461–492) | ‘[...] | HORSE-RACING. | [...] | [colophon]’ | 2R3r–2T6v (461–492) | ‘HORSE-RACING.’ | |
| on 2S3r (473), 2S5r (477) | blank |
| Plates: | on D5v(34) woodblock: A Rouge et Noir Table on E6v(48) woodblock: A Roulette Table on T5v(214) woodblock: A Backgammon Table on 2C3r(293) woodblock: Figure 1: a shot at billiards on 2C3v(294) woodblock: Figure 2: a shot at billiards on 2C4r(295) woodblock: Figure 2, continued: a shot at billiards on 2C4v(296) woodblock: Figure 3: a shot at billiards on 2F2r(327) woodblock: Chess Men on 2F2r(327) woodblock: The Chess Board on 2M1v(398) woodblock: Draught Table on 2M4v(404) woodblock: The Polish Draught Board on 2P2r(435) woodblock: Archers on 2P2v(436) woodblock: Archery Instruments |
| Publisher: | Longman, Rees, and Co., J. Richardson, J. M. Richardson, Robert Scholey, Baldwin and Cradock, Hamilton and Co., John Hearne I, Whittaker and Co., Sherwood and Co., James Duncan, Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., John Dowding, John Wicksteed |
| Printer: | Baylis and Leighton (colophon, Longman Archives) |
| Advertisements: | 1835-06-04 The Morning Post: "Hoyle's Games.—A New Edition, 18mo., price 5s. bound. Hoyle's Games, Improved and Enlarged...By G. H—Esq." |
| Price: | 5s. (advertisement) |
| References: | Horr 479, Jessel 685, Rather 138 |
| Colophon: | ‘[short rule] | BAYLIS AND LEIGHTON, | JOHNSON'S COURT, FLEET STREET.’ |
| Copies Seen: | BFl [I.795/HOYL (b1163085)]; E [AB.1.79.247]; L [7913.aaa.4]; O [3843 f.21] (Google); O [Jessel f.635]; Copisarow [3 copies]; OCl [789.87H J5L]; PPL [Iu Hoyl Allen 342]; TNJ [GV1229.H2 1835]; Levy [1247]; Levy [1875] |
| Other Copies: | AWn [GV1201.H86]; LT [Wb 699]; CaOTP [GV1201.H69 1835] (Internet Archive); LU [GV1243.H85 1839]; NjP [42845.479.171]; OkTU [GV1243.H69 1835]; TxCM [GV1243.H6 1835] |