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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 GAMES. | By EIDRAH TREBOR, Esq. | ELEVENTH 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 & LOCK, 158, FLEET STREET. |
| Collation: | 32o: [A]6 B–G8 H6 [I]4 [$1 signed]; 64 leaves, pp. [iii–vi] vii [viii–x], [1] 2–3 [4–5] 6–112 [8 ] =128 |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (iii) | title | |||
| A1v (iv) | ‘Entered in Stationers Hall.’ | |||
| A2r–A3r (v–vii) | ‘CONTENTS. | [...]’ | A2v–A3r (vi–vii) | ‘CONTENTS.’ | |
| A3v (viii) | blank | |||
| A4r (ix) | ‘ADVERTISEMENT. | [...]’ | |||
| A4v (x) | blank | |||
| A5r–H3v (1–106) | see Hardie.2 | A5r–H3v (1–106) | see Hardie.2 | |
| H4r–H6v (107–112) | see Hardie.4 | H4r–H6v (107–112) | see Hardie.4 | |
| I1r–I4v | ‘New and Interesting Books | PUBLISHED BY | WARD & LOCK, | [...] | [colophon]’ |
| 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 on H1r(101) woodblock: a tapis or cloth covering the Rouge et Noir table |
| Publisher: | Ward & Lock |
| Printer: | Petter and Galpin (colophon) |
| Advertisements: | 1855-06-11 The Morning Post |
| Price: | 1s. (advertisement) |
| References: | Jessel 704 |
| Colophon: | ‘Petter and Galpin, Printers, Playhouse Yard.’ |
| Copies Seen: | E [I.36.g]; L [7921.dd.102]; O [Jessel g.90]; O [Johnson g.201]; Levy [1662] |
| Other Copies: | C [1850.4.79]; AuVU [795.4 HOYL/HARD] |
| 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. The colophon is part of the advertisements, so Petter and Galpin may not have printed the text. |