A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Hughes.1.1

The Card Games of Hoyle, printed by T. Hughes, printed by T. Hughes, 1824.

hughes.1.1.jpg Title: THE | CARD GAMES | OF | HOYLE | COMPLETE. | VIZ.: | [ten lines to left of rule] | WHIST, | ALL FOURS, | CASSINO, | CRIBBAGE, | CONNEXIONS, | LANSQUENET, | MATRIMONY, | PIQUET, | PUT, | HAZARD, OR BLIND HOOKEY. | [nine lines to right of rule] PHARO, | QUADRILLE, | QUINZE, | ROUGE ET NOIR, |VINGT-UN, | LOO, | BRAG, | POPE JOAN, | COMMERCE. | [short rule] | LONDON: | PRINTED BY T. HUGHES, 35, LUDGATE-STREET, | Corner of Stationers' Court. | Price 1s. | [short rule] | 1824.
Collation: 16o: A–G8 [$1–2 (−G2;+B3) signed; signing A2 as B, A4 as B3, C3 as 3]; 56 leaves, pp. [2 ] [1] 2–13 16–112
Wrapper: hughes.1.1.wrapper.jpg [within a decorative frame] THE | CARD GAMES | OF | HOYLE, | COMPLETE. | VIZ: | [eleven lines to left of rule] | ALL FOURS | BRAG | BOSTON | CASSINO | COMMERCE | CONNEXIONS | CRIBBAGE | LOO | LOTTERY | LOTO | LANSQUENET [eleven lines to right of rule] MATRIMONY | PHARO | PIQUET | POPE JOAN | PUT | QUADRILLE | QUINZE | ROUGE ET NOIR | SPECULATION | VINGT-UN | WHIST | HAZARD, OR BLIND HOOKEY. | [short rule] | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR T. HUGHES, 35, LUDGATE STREET, | Corner of Stationer's Court. | [SHORT RULE ] | Price 1s. Sewed and Cut, or 1s. 6d. in Case.
Frontispiece: hughes.1.1.frontispiece.jpg
Contents: Signature (Page) Reference Contents Signature (Page) Reference Running Titles
A1r title
A1v ‘CONTENTS. | [...]’
A2r–B2v (1–20) ‘THE | POCKET HOYLE. | [orn] | THE GAME OF WHIST. | [...]’ A2v–B2v (2–20) ‘WHIST.’
on A3r (3), B1r (17) ‘WHIST’
B2v–B3v (20–22) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF ALL FOURS. | [...]’ B3r–B3v (21–22) ‘ALL FOURS.’
B4r–B6r (23–27) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CASSINO. | [...]’ B4r–B6r (23–27) ‘CASSINO.’
on B5v (26) ‘CASSINO’
B6r–C3v (27–38) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CRIBBAGE. | [...]’ B6v–C4r (28–39) ‘CRIBBAGE.’
C3v–C4r (38–39) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CONNEXIONS. | [...]’
C4r–C5r (39–41) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF LANSQUENET. | [...]’ C4v (40) ‘LANSQUENET’
C5r–C6r (41–43) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF MATRIMONY. | [...]’ C5r–C5v (41–42) ‘MATRIMONY.’
C6r–D6v (43–60) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF PIQUET. | [...]’ C6r–D6r (43–59) ‘PIQUET.’
on D3v (54) ‘PIQUET’
D6v–D7v (60–62) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF PUT. | [...]’ D6v–D7r (60–61) ‘PUT.’
D7v–E3v (62–70) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF PHARO. | [...]’ D7v–E3v (62–70) ‘PHARO.’
E4r–E8v (71–80) ‘THE GAME OF QUADRILLE. | [...]’ E4v–E8r (72–79) ‘QUADRILLE.’
E8v–F1r (80–81) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF QUINZE. | [...]’ E8v–F1r (80–81) ‘QUINZE.’
F1v–F3r (82–85) ‘THE GAME OF ROUGE ET NOIR. | [...]’ F2r–F2v (83–84) ‘ROUGE ET NOIR.’
F3r–F4v (85–88) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF VINGT-UN. | [...]’ F3r–F4r (85–87) ‘VINGT-UN.’
F4v–F5r (88–89) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF LOO. | [...]’ F4v (88) ‘LOO.’
F5r–F6v (89–92) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF BRAG. | [...]’ F5r–F6r (89–91) ‘BRAG.’
F6v–F7v (92–94) ‘THE GAME OF POPE, OR POPE | JOAN. | [...]’ F6v–F7r (92–93) ‘POPE JOAN.’
F7v–F8v (94–96) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF COMMERCE. | [...]’ F7v–F8v (94–96) ‘COMMERCE.’
G1r–G1v (97–98) ‘THE GAME OF SPECULATION. | [...]’ G1r (97) ‘SPECULATION.’
G1v–G2r (98–99) ‘THE GAME OF LOTTERY. | [...]’ G1v (98) ‘LOTTERY.’
G2r–G4r (99–103) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF LOTO. | [...]’ G2r–G3v (99–102) ‘LOTO.’
G4r–G7v (103–110) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF BOSTON. | [...]’ G4r–G7r (103–109) ‘BOSTON.’
G7v–G8v (110–112) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF HAZARD. | [...]’ G8r–G8v (111–112) ‘HAZARD.’
Plates: Frontispiece engraving: Two couples playing at whist, hand colored, with the title "Hoyle's Card Games Complete."
Publisher: Thomas Hughes (title)
Printer: Thomas Hughes (title)
Price: 1s. sewed (title), 1s.6d. in a case (title)
References: Jessel 834 (edition of 1828), Rather 127 (edition of 1828)
Copies Seen: Levy [2231]
Notes: The book is a word-for-word reprint of Hoyle's Card Games, Card.1 (1824), without the "Guide to the Turf" but with the added games in the final gathering: Specuatlion, Lottery, Loto, Boston, and Hazard. None of the added games appear in the table of contents, and only Hazard appears on the title page.

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