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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. | BY G. H ———, Esq. | Ita vita est hominum, quasi, cum ludas tesseris: | Si illud, quod maxime opus est jactu, non cadit, | Illud, quod cecedit forte, id arte ut corrigas. | Terence, Adelphi, iv. 7. | NEW EDITION. | London: | LONGMAN AND CO.; SIMPKIN AND CO.; HAMILTON AND CO.; | WHITTAKER AND CO.; E. BUMPUS; T. J. ALLMAN; TEGG | AND CO.; SOTHERAN AND CO.; J. CORNISH; AND BICKERS | AND SON. |
| Collation: | 18o: A–2T6 [$1–3 (−A2) signed]; 252 leaves, pp. [i–v] vi–vii [viii–ix] x [xi–xii], [1] 2–3 [4] 5–52 [53] 54–84 [85] 86–289 [290–291] 292–435 [436] 437–473 [474] 475–476 [477] 478–492 |
| Half Title: | HOYLE'S GAMES. |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (i) | half title | |||
| A1v (ii) | ‘LONDON: | GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS, | ST. JOHN'S SQUARE.’ | |||
| A2r (iii) | title | |||
| A2v (iv) | blank | |||
| 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. | GAMES OF CHANCE.’ | |||
| A6v (xii) | blank | |||
| B1r–B2r (1–3) | ‘HOYLE'S GAMES. | PART I. | GAMES OF CHANCE. | 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. | [...]’ | F3v–F5v (54–58) | ‘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. | INTRODUCTION. | [...]’ | I1v (86) | ‘INTRODUCTION.’ | |
| I2r–I3r (87–89) | ‘WHIST. | 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) | ‘ECARTÉ.’ | |
| on Q5r (177) | ‘ECARTE.’ | |||
| on Q6v (180) | ‘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–2O5r (422–429) | ‘CRICKET. | THE LAWS OF CRICKET, AS REVISED BY THE | MARYLEBONE CLUB IN THE YEAR 1858. | [...]’ | 2O2r–2O4v (423–428) | ‘CRICKET.’ | |
| 2O5r–2O6r (429–431) | ‘[...] | GOFF OR GOLF. | [...]’ | 2O5r–2O5v (429–430) | ‘GOFF.’ | |
| 2O6r–2P2r (431–435) | ‘[...] | TENNIS. | [...]’ | 2O6r–2P2r (431–435) | ‘TENNIS.’ | |
| 2P2v–2P6r (436–443) | ‘ARCHERY. | [...]’ | 2P3r–2P6r (437–443) | ‘ARCHERY.’ | |
| 2P6v–2R3v (444–462) | ‘GAME COCKS. | [...]’ | 2Q1r–2R3r (445–461) | ‘GAME COCKS.’ | |
| 2R3v–2T6v (462–492) | ‘[...] | HORSE-RACING. | [...] | [colophon]’ | 2R3v–2T6v (462–492) | ‘HORSE-RACING.’ | |
| on 2S3v (474), 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 2P2v(436) woodblock: Archers on 2P3r(437) woodblock: Archery Instruments |
| Publisher: | Longman and Co., Simpkin and Co., Hamilton and Co., Whittaker and Co., E. Bumpus, T. J. Allman, Tegg and Co., Sotheran and Co., James Cornish, Bickers and Son |
| Printer: | Gilbert & Rivington (colophon) |
| Price: | 5s. (inferred) |
| References: | Horr 481, Rather 159 |
| Colophon: | ‘GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS, ST. JOHN'S SQUARE.’ |
| Copies Seen: | TNJ [GV1229.H2 1800z]; Levy [1878] |
| Other Copies: | MH [SG 3652.250]; OCl [789.87H ML]; AuNSL [T0082638] |