A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle
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Hoyle Made Familiar, W. Mather, first edition, 1839.
| Title: | HOYLE | MADE FAMILIAR, | OR | A COMPANION TO THE CARD TABLE. | CONTAINING AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION | OF | [fifteen lines to left of rule ] WHIST | QUADRILLE | PIQUET | QUINZE | VINGT-UN | CASSINO | PUT | ALL FOURS | POPE JOAN | THIRTY-ONE | BRAG | COMMERCE | EARL OF COVENTRY | LANSQUENET | LOO | [fifteen lines to right of rule] | ECARTE | CRIBBAGE | FIVE AND TEN | PHARO | ROUGE ET NOIR | MATRIMONY | REVERSIS | CONNECTIONS | SPECULATION | SNIP, SNAP, SNORE’EM | BOASTON | CATCH THE TEN | COMMIT | LIFT SMOKE | LOTTERY | WITH THE | Rules & Practice | as admittted by the most fashionable | esatblishments in the united kingdom. | BY | EIDRAH TREBOR, ESQ. | [short rule] | NEW-YORK: W. MATHER, 42 DIVISION-STREET, | [short rule] | 1839. |
| Collation: | 24o: π4 A–D8 [E]8 F–G8 H4 [$1 signed]; 64 leaves, pp. [i–viii], [1] 2–119 [120] |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| π1r (i) | title | |||
| π1v (ii) | blank | |||
| π2r (iii) | ‘ADVERTISEMENT. | [...] | E. T. | Edin. 1st April 1838.’ | |||
| π2v (iv) | ‘ADVERTISEMENT TO THE AMERICAN | EDITION. | [...] | 42 Division street, N. Y. | 1839. | [colophon]’ | |||
| π3r–π4r (v–vii) | ‘CONTENTS. | [...]’ | π3v–π4r (vi–vii) | ‘CONTENTS.’ | |
| π4v (viii) | blank | |||
| A1r–A1v (1–2) | ‘COMPANION | TO THE | 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.’ | |
| B7r–B7v (29–30) | ‘[...] | THREE-HAND WHIST. | [...]’ | B7r (29) | ‘THREE-HAND WHIST.’ | |
| B7v–B8r (30–31) | ‘[...] | CATCH THE TEN, | Sometimes called Scots Whist. | [...]’ | B7v–B8r (30–31) | ‘CATCH THE TEN.’ | |
| B8v–C2v (32–36) | ‘[...] | BOASTON. | [...]’ | B8v–C2r (32–35) | ‘BOASTON.’ | |
| C2v–C5r (36–41) | ‘[...] | QUADRILLE. | [...]’ | C2v–C4v (36–40) | ‘QUADRILLE.’ | |
| C5r–C7v (41–46) | ‘[...] | REVERSIS. | [...]’ | C5r–C7r (41–45) | ‘REVERSIS’ | |
| C7v–D3v (46–54) | ‘[...] | PIQUET. | [...]’ | C7v–D3r (46–53) | ‘PIQUET.’ | |
| D3v–D6r (54–59) | ‘CRIBBAGE. | [...]’ | D3v–D5v (54–58) | ‘CRIBBAGE.’ | |
| D6r–D8r (59–63) | ‘[...] | FIVE-CARD CRIBBAGE’ | D6r–D7v (59–62) | ‘FIVE-CARD CRIBBAGE’ | |
| D8r–E1v (63–66) | ‘[...] | CASSINO. | [...]’ | D8r–E1r (63–65) | ‘CASSINO.’ | |
| E1v–E2r (66–67) | ‘ALL FOUR. | [...]’ | E1v–E2r (66–67) | ‘ALL FOUR.’ | |
| E2v–E3r (68–69) | ‘PUT. | [...]’ | E2v (68) | ‘PUT.’ | |
| E3r–E4v (69–72) | ‘[...] | FIVE AND TEN. | [...]’ | E3r–E4r (69–71) | ‘FIVE AND TEN.’ | |
| E4v–E7r (72–77) | ‘[...] | THREE-CARD LOO.’ | E4v–E7r (72–77) | ‘LOO.’ | |
| E7r–E7v (77–78) | ‘[...] | FIVE-CARD LOO.’ | |||
| E7v–F1r (78–81) | ‘[...] | BRAG. | [...]’ | E7v–E8v (78–80) | ‘BRAG.’ | |
| F1r–F2r (81–83) | ‘[...] | VINGT-UN, OR TWENTY-ONE, | [...]’ | F1r–F1v (81–82) | ‘VINGT-UN.’ | |
| F2r (83) | ‘[...] | QUINZE. | [...]’ | F2r (83) | ‘QUINZE.’ | |
| F2v (84) | ‘THIRTY-ONE | [...]’ | |||
| F3r (85) | ‘SNIP, SNAP, SNORE 'EM. | [...]’ | |||
| F3r–F3v (85–86) | ‘[...] | COMMIT. | [...]’ | |||
| F3v–F4r (86–87) | ‘[...] | POPE JOAN | [...]’ | F3v–F4r (86–87) | ‘POPE JOAN.’ | |
| F4v (88) | ‘MATRIMONY. | [...]’ | |||
| F4v–F6r (88–91) | ‘[...] | LOTTERY. | [...]’ | F5r–F5v (89–90) | ‘LOTTERY.’ | |
| F6r–F6v (91–92) | ‘[...] | SPECULATION. | [...]’ | F6r (91) | ‘SPECULATION.’ | |
| F6v–F7v (92–94) | ‘[...] | COMMERCE. | [...]’ | F6v–F7r (92–93) | ‘COMMERCE.’ | |
| F7v–F8r (94–95) | ‘[...] | LIFT SMOKE. | [...]’ | F7v (94) | ‘LIFT SMOKE.’ | |
| F8r (95) | ‘[...] THE EARL OF COVENTRY. | [...]’ | F8r (95) | ‘THE EARL OF COVENTRY.’ | |
| F8v (96) | ‘CONNEXIONS. | [...]’ | |||
| F8v–G1r (96–97) | ‘[...] | LANSQUENET. | [...]’ | G1r (97) | ‘LANSQUENET.’ | |
| G1v–G4v (98–104) | ‘FARO, OR PHARO. | [...]’ | G2r–G4r (99–103) | ‘FARO, OR PHARO.’ | |
| G4v–G6r (104–107) | ‘[...] | ROUGE ET NOIR. | [...]’ | G4v–G6r (104–107) | ‘ROUGE ET NOIR.’ | |
| G6v–H1r (108–113) | ‘ECARTÉ | [...]’ | G7r–G8v (109–112) | ‘ECARTE.’ | |
| H1r–H4r (113–119) | ‘[...] | SHORT WHIST. | [...]’ | H1r–H4r (113–119) | ‘SHORT WHIST.’ | |
| H4v (120) | blank |
| Plates: | Frontispiece engraving: Two couples at card table with two females spectators. Below is a quotaion from Dr.
Johnson,
“I am sorry I have not learned to play at cards, it is very useful in life: it generates
kindness
and consolidaates society.” on G6r(107) woodblock: a tapis or cloth covering the Rouge et Noir table |
| Publisher: | W. Mather |
| Printer: | Vincent L. Dill (colophon) |
| References: | Rather 145 |
| Colophon: | ‘Stereotyped by Vincent L. Dill, 128 Fulton Street.’ |
| Other Copies: | GEU [2013 768]; NvLN [GV1243.T74 1839] |