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Title: | HOYLE'S GAMES | MADE FAMILIAR; | BEING | A Companion to the Card Table; | CONTAINING THE ESTABLISHED RULES AND PRACTICE OF | THIRTY CARD GAM S. | BY EIDRAH TREBOR, ESQ. | FOURTH EDITION. | “I am sorry I have not learnt to play cards. It is very | useful in life; it generates kindness and consolidates society.” | —Dr. Johnson. | LONDON: | WARD AND LOCK, 158, FLEET STREET. |
| Collation: | 32o: [A]8 B–G8 H6 [$1 signed]; 62 leaves, pp. [12 ] [1] 2–4 [5] 6–112 |
| Frontispiece: |  |
| Half Title: | HOYLE'S GAMES. |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r | ||||
| A1v–A2r | blank | |||
| A2v | frontispiece | |||
| A3r | title | |||
| A3v | ‘Entered in Stationers Hall.’ | |||
| A4r–A5r | ‘CONTENTS. | [...]’ | A4v–A5r | ‘CONTENTS.’ | |
| A5v | blank | |||
| A6r | ‘ADVERTISEMENT | [...]’ | |||
| A6v | blank | |||
| A7r–H3v (1–106) | see Hardie.2 | A7r–H3v (1–106) | see Hardie.2 | |
| H4r–H6v (107–112) | see Hardie.4 | H4r–H6v (107–112) | see Hardie.4 |
| Plates: | Frontispiece engraving: Two couples at card table with two females spectators. on H1r(101) woodblock: a tapis or cloth covering the Rouge et Noir table |
| Publisher: | Ward & Lock |
| Price: | 1s. (advertisement) |
| Copies Seen: | O [Jessel g.88]; Levy [2130] |
| Notes: | The same setting of type as Hardie.2 with new preliminaries and the added material from Hardie.4 on the last three leaves. The book has been imposed differently as is evident from the change in collation formula and signatures. |