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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] | 1825. |
| 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 |
| Frontispiece: |  |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r | title | |||
| A1v | ‘CONTENTS. | [...]’ | |||
| A2r–G8v (1–112) | see Hughes.Games.1824 (1824) | A2r–G8v (1–112) | see Hughes.Games.1824 (1824) |
| Plates: | Frontispiece engraving: An array of playing cards, hand colored, with the title "Hoyle's Card Games Complete" including a playing card duty stamp and the imprint "London. Published by T. Hughes. 35 Ludgate Street. Nov. 17, 1825" |
| Publisher: | Thomas Hughes (title) |
| Printer: | Thomas Hughes (title) |
| Price: | 1s. (title) |
| References: | Jessel 834 (edition of 1828), Rather 127 (edition of 1828) |
| Copies Seen: | Levy [2116] |
| 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. |