A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Hodgson.3

Hoyle's Improved Miniature Edition, printed for Hodgson, printed for Hodgson, 1830.

hodgson.3.jpg Title: HOYLE'S | IMPROVED | MINIATURE EDITION | OF THE | RULES | FOR PLAYING | FASHIONABLE GAMES. | CONTAINING | COPIOUS DIRECTIONS | FOR | [7 lines to left of rule] WHIST | CRIBBAGE | MATRIMONY | CONNEXIONS | SPECULATION | LOO | DOMINO | [7 lines to right of rule] POPE JOAN | CASSINO | VINGT UN | LOTTERY | ALL-FOURS | BRAG and | PUT. | [short swelled rule] | LONDON: | Printed for HODGSON, 43, King-Street, | Snow-Hill. | [short rule] | Price Sixpence.
Collation: 16o: A–D8 [E]8 [$1–4 (−D4) signed]; 40 leaves, pp. [1–3] 4 [5] 6–12 [13] 14–31 [32–33] 34–47 [48] 49–54 [55] 56–80
Frontispiece: hodgson.3.frontispiece.jpg
Contents: Signature (Page) Reference Contents Signature (Page) Reference Running Titles
A1r (1) title
A1v (2) ‘[rule] | LONDON : | Hodgson, Printer, 25, Fleet-Street.’
A2r–A2v (3–4) ‘PLAYING CARDS. | [...]’ A2v (4) ‘PLAYING CARDS.’
A3r–A4r (5–7) ‘TO THE PUBLIC. | [...]’ A3v (6) ‘DEDICATION.’
A4r–B8v (7–32) ‘THE | GAME OF WHIST. | [...]’ A4r–A5r (7–9) ‘WHIST.’
A5v–A6v (10–12) ‘STANDING RULES.’
A7v–A8v (14–16) ‘LAWS OF THE GAME.’
B1r–B8r (17–31) ‘MAXIMS FOR WHIST.’
C1r–C7v (33–46) ‘THE GAME OF CRIBBAGE. | [...]’ C1v–C7r (34–45) ‘CRIBBAGE.’
C7v–C8r (46–47) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF LOTTERY. | [...]’ C7v–C8r (46–47) ‘LOTTERY.’
C8v–D1r (48–49) ‘THE | GAME OF SPECULATION. | [...]’
D1r–D2v (49–52) ‘[...] | THE | GAME OF ALL-FOURS | [...]’ D1r–D2r (49–51) ‘ALL-FOURS.’
D2v–D3v (52–54) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF DOMINO | [...]’ D2v–D3v (52–54) ‘DOMINO.’
D4r–D4v (55–56) ‘THE | GAME OF CONNEXIONS. | [...]’
D4v–D6r (56–59) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF | POPE, OR POPE JOAN. | [...]’ D4v–D5v (56–58) ‘POPE, OR POPE JOAN.’
D6r–D6v (59–60) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF MATRIMONY. | [...]’ D6r (59) ‘MATRIMONY.’
D6v–E1r (60–65) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CASSINO. | [...]’ D6v–D8v (60–64) ‘CASSINO.’
E1r–E2v (65–68) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF BRAG. | [...]’ E1r–E2r (65–67) ‘BRAG.’
E2v–E4r (68–71) ‘[...] | THE | GAME OF VINGT-UN | [...]’ E2v–E3v (68–70) ‘VINGT-UN.’
E4r–E6v (71–76) ‘[...] | THE | GAME OF COMMERCE. | [...]’ E4r–E6r (71–75) ‘COMMERCE.’
E6v–E7v (76–78) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF LOO. | [...]’ E6v–E7r (76–77) ‘LOO.’
E7v–E8v (78–80) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF PUT. | [...]’ E7v–E8r (78–79) ‘PUT.’
E8v (80) ‘[...] | CONTENTS. | [...] | [colophon]’ E8v (80) ‘CONTENTS.’
Plates: Frontispiece woodblock: An array of playing cards with gaming boards in the corners. The spade ace is labelled Hoyle's Games, published by Hodgson, Snow Hill.
Publisher: Hodgson
Printer: Hodgson (colophon, title)
Price: 6d. (title)
Colophon: ‘Hodgson, Printer, 25, Fleet-Street.’
Copies Seen: BFl [I.795/HOYL (b1124811)]; Levy [2236]
Notes: Hodgson was at King Street, Snow-Hill in 1830 and, as noted in the colophon, printed in Fleet Street from 1830 giving an approximate date for this work.

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