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| Title: | HOYLE | MADE FAMILIAR; | BEING A | Companion to the Card=Table: | CONTAINING | THE ESTABLISHED RULES AND PRACTICE | OF | THIRTY DIFFERENT GAMES, | SEVERAL OF THEM NEVER BEOFRE PUBLISHED. | BY | EIDRAH TREBOR, ESQ. | “ I am sorry I have not learnt to play at cards. | “ It is very useful in life: it generates kindness | “ and consolidates society.”—Dr. Johnson. | [short rule] | PUBLISHED BY STIRLING & KENNEY, | EDINBURGH; AND SIMPKIN & MARSHALL, | LONDON. | MDCCCXXX. |
| Collation: | 32o: π4 A–F8 G8(−G6,7,8) [$1 signed]; 57 leaves, pp. [i–v] vi–vii [viii], [1] 2–69 [70] 71–106 |
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| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| π1r (i) | title | |||
| π1v (ii) | ‘Entered in Stationers Hall. | [colophon]’ | |||
| π2r (iii) | ‘ADVERTISEMENT. | [...] | E. T. | Edin. 1st April 1828.’ | |||
| π2v (iv) | blank | |||
| π3r–π4r (v–vii) | ‘CONTENTS. | [...]’ | π3v–π4r (vi–vii) | ‘CONTENTS.’ | |
| π4v (viii) | blank | |||
| A1r–A1v (1–2) | ‘COMPANION | TO THE | Family Card=Table. | [...]’ | A1v (2) | ‘ARTIFICES OF SHARPERS.’ | |
| A1v–A2r (2–3) | ‘[...] | HISTORY OF CARDS. | [...]’ | A2r (3) | ‘HISTORY OF CARDS.’ | |
| A2r–A2v (3–4) | ‘[...] | [explanation of terms] | [...]’ | A2v (4) | ‘EXPLANATIONS’ | |
| A3r–B6v (5–28) | ‘WHIST. | [...]’ | A3v–B6v (6–28) | ‘WHIST.’ | |
| B6v–B7r (28–29) | ‘[...] | THREE-HAND WHIST. | [...]’ | B7r (29) | ‘THREE-HAND WHIST.’ | |
| B7r–B8r (29–31) | ‘[...] | CATCH THE TEN, | Sometimes called Scots Whist. | [...]’ | B7v–B8r (30–31) | ‘CATCH THE TEN.’ | |
| B8r–C1v (31–34) | ‘[...] | BOASTON. | [...]’ | B8v–C1v (32–34) | ‘BOASTON.’ | |
| C1v–C4r (34–39) | ‘[...] | QUADRILLE. | [...]’ | C2r–C4r (35–39) | ‘QUADRILLE.’ | |
| C4r–C6v (39–44) | ‘[...] | REVERSIS. | [...]’ | C4v–C6v (40–44) | ‘REVERSIS’ | |
| C6v–D2r (44–51) | ‘[...] | PIQUET. | [...]’ | C7r–D2r (45–51) | ‘PIQUET.’ | |
| D2v–D4v (52–56) | ‘CRIBBAGE. | [...]’ | D3r–D4v (53–56) | ‘CRIBBAGE.’ | |
| on D3r (53) | ‘CRIBBAGE’ | |||
| D5r–D6v (57–60) | ‘FIVE-CARD CRIBBAGE’ | D5v–D6v (58–60) | ‘FIVE-CARD CRIBBAGE’ | |
| D6v–D7v (60–62) | ‘[...] | CASSINO. | [...]’ | D7r–D7v (61–62) | ‘CASSINO.’ | |
| D8r–D8v (63–64) | ‘ALL FOUR. | [...]’ | D8v (64) | ‘ALL FOUR.’ | |
| D8v–E1r (64–65) | ‘[...] | PUT. | [...]’ | E1r (65) | ‘PUT.’ | |
| E1v–E2v (66–68) | ‘FIVE AND TEN. | [...]’ | E2r–E2v (67–68) | ‘FIVE AND TEN.’ | |
| E3r–E5r (69–73) | ‘THREE-CARD LOO.’ | E3v–E5r (70–73) | ‘LOO.’ | |
| E5v (74) | ‘FIVE-CARD LOO.’ | |||
| E6r–E7r (75–77) | ‘BRAG. | [...]’ | E6v–E7r (76–77) | ‘BRAG.’ | |
| E7r–E7v (77–78) | ‘[...] | VINGT-UN, OR TWENTY-ONE, | [...]’ | E7v (78) | ‘VINGT-UN.’ | |
| E8r (79) | ‘QUINZE.’ | |||
| E8r–E8v (79–80) | ‘[...] | THIRTY-ONE | [...]’ | E8v (80) | ‘THIRTY-ONE.’ | |
| E8v–F1r (80–81) | ‘[...] | SNIP, SNAP, SNORE 'EM. | [...]’ | F1r (81) | ‘SNIP, SNAP, SNORE 'EM.’ | |
| F1r–F1v (81–82) | ‘[...] | COMMIT. | [...]’ | F1v (82) | ‘COMMIT.’ | |
| F1v–F2r (82–83) | ‘[...] | POPE JOAN | [...]’ | F2r (83) | ‘POPE JOAN.’ | |
| F2r–F2v (83–84) | ‘[...] | MATRIMONY. | [...]’ | F2v (84) | ‘MATRIMONY.’ | |
| F2v–F3v (84–86) | ‘[...] | LOTTERY. | [...]’ | F3r–F3v (85–86) | ‘LOTTERY.’ | |
| F3v–F4v (86–88) | ‘[...] | SPECULATION. | [...]’ | F4r–F4v (87–88) | ‘SPECULATION.’ | |
| F4v–F5r (88–89) | ‘[...] | COMMERCE. | [...]’ | F5r (89) | ‘COMMERCE.’ | |
| F5v (90) | ‘LIFT SMOKE. | [...]’ | |||
| F5v (90) | ‘[...] THE EARL OF COVENTRY. | [...]’ | |||
| F6r (91) | ‘CONNEXIONS. | [...]’ | |||
| F6r–F6v (91–92) | ‘[...] | LANSQUENET. | [...]’ | F6v (92) | ‘LANSQUENET.’ | |
| F6v–G2r (92–99) | ‘[...] | FARO, OR PHARO. | [...]’ | F7r–G2r (93–99) | ‘FARO, OR PHARO.’ | |
| on G1r (97) | blank | |||
| G2r–G3v (99–102) | ‘[...] | ROUGE ET NOIR. | [...]’ | G2v–G3v (100–102) | ‘ROUGE ET NOIR.’ | |
| G3v–G5v (102–106) | ‘[...] | ECARTÉ | [...]’ | G4r–G5v (103–106) | ‘ECARTE.’ |
| Plates: | Frontispiece engraving: Two couples at card table with two females spectators. Drawn by J. Stewart. Engraved
on steel by W. H. Lizars Title engraving: extra engraved title having only the first publisher and dated 1830 on G3r(101) woodblock: a tapis or cloth covering the Rouge et Noir table |
| Publisher: | Stirling & Kenney, Simpkin and Marshall |
| Printer: | Robert Hardie |
| Reviews: | 1830-04-24 The Edinburgh Literary Journal: "This treatise carries with it, besides our recommendation, the virtues of being neatly printed, handsomely covered, and moderately price; whilst its size is adapted either for a lady's reticule, or the waistcoat pocket of a a gentleman. It would be well were a copy of the book laid on every card-table, along with the cards; for it may safely be taken as an umpire in all companies, of disupted points." |
| Price: | 2s.6d. (cover) |
| References: | Jessel 701 (with a date of 1828, perhaps referring to the advertisement on page iii rather than the title page), Rather 132 |
| Colophon: | ‘Printed by R. Hardie, | Parliament Stairs.’ |
| Copies Seen: | L [1040.a.20s] (Google); O [38473 f.1]; Copisarow [2 copies]; OCl [789.87H J0H] (lacking letterpress title page); Levy [2237] (lacking letterpress title page) |
| Other Copies: | C [Syn.8.83.18]; SAN [GV1243.H6] |