A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Jockey.1

Epitome of Hoyle, printed for C. Etherington, first London edition, 1783.

	Title:	AN \| EPITOME \| OF \| HOYLE, \| WITH \| BEAUFORT AND JONES'S \| HOYLE IMPROVED; \| OR, \| PRACTICAL TREATISES \| ON THE \| FOLLOWING GAMES. \| [six lines to left of double rule] HAZARD, \| BACKGAMMON, \| TENNIS, \| BILLIARDS, \| CRICKET, \| CHESS, \| [six lines to right of double rule] DRAUGHTS, \| WHIST, \| QUADRILLE, \| PIQUET, \| LANSQUENET, and \| QUINZE. \| With an Account of the preſent faſhionable Game \| called E-O, played at moſt of the polite Choco-\|late Houſes, never before attempted in Print. \| Compriſing the Laws and Rules of the ſeveral \| Games, as ſettled at White's, Stapleton's, &c. \| &c. Alſo the moſt advantageous method of \| Betting at thoſe Games, and the erroneous \| Odds introduced in former Productions of a \| ſimilar kind, rectified. \| [rule] \| By a MEMBER OF THE JOCKEY CLUB. \| [rule] \| LONDON: \| Printed for C. ETHERINGTON, at the \| Circulating Library, No. 137, Fleet-Street.
	Collation:	12o: A4 B–H6 [I]2 [$1–3 (−A2) signed]; 48 leaves, pp. [4 ] [i] ii–iii [iv], [1] 2–87 [88]

Half Title:

AN | EPITOME | OF | HOYLE, | WITH | BEAUFORT AND JONES'S | HOYLE IMPROVED. | [short rule] | {Price 1s. 6d.}

Contents:	Signature (Page) Reference	Contents	Signature (Page) Reference	Running Titles
	A1r	half title
	A1v	blank
	A2r	title
	A2v	blank
	A3r–A4v (i–iv)	‘[oxford rule] \| TO THE \| READER. \| [...]’	A3v–A4v (ii–iv)	‘TO THE READER.’
	B1r–B2r (1–3)	‘AN \| EPITOME \| OF ALL \| HOYLE'S GAMES, &c. \| [short rule] \| THE GAME OF HAZARD. \| [...]’	B1v–B2r (2–3)	‘THE GAME OF HAZARD.’
	B2v–B5v (4–10)	‘THE GAME OF BACKGAMMON. \| [...]’	B3v–B5v (6–10)	‘THE GAME OF BACKGAMMON.’
	B5v–C1v (10–14)	‘[...] \| THE GAME OF TENNIS. \| [...]’	B5v–C1v (10–14)	‘THE GAME OF TENNIS.’
	C2r–C3r (15–17)	‘THE GAME OF CRICKET. \| [...]’	C2v–C3r (16–17)	‘THE GAME OF CRICKET.’
	C3v–D1v (18–26)	‘THE GAME OF BILLIARDS. \| [...]’	C4r–D1v (19–26)	‘THE GAME OF BILLIARDS.’
	D2r–D5r (27–33)	‘THE GAME OF CHESS. \| [...]’	D2v–D5r (28–33)	‘THE GAME OF CHESS.’
	D5v–E2r (34–39)	‘THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS. \| [...]’	D6r (35)	‘THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS.’
	E2v–G3r (40–65)	‘THE GAME OF WHIST. \| [...]’	E3r–G3r (41–65)	‘THE GAME OF WHIST.’
	G3v–H2r (66–75)	‘THE GAME OF QUADRILLE. \| [...]’	G4r–H2r (67–75)	‘THE GAME OF QUADRILLE.’
	H2v–H5v (76–82)	‘THE GAME OF PIQUET. \| [...]’	H3r–H5v (77–82)	‘THE GAME OF PIQUET.’
	H6r–H6v (83–84)	‘THE GAME OF LANSQUENET. \| [...]’	H6v (84)	‘THE GAME OF LANSQUENET.’
	I1r (85)	‘THE GAME OF QUINZE. \| [...]’
	I1v–I2r (86–87)	‘THE GAME OF E-O. \| ENTIRELY ORIGINAL. \| [...]’	I2r (87)	‘THE GAME OF E-O.’
	I2v (88)	blank

Plates:	on D5v(34) woodblock: The Draught Table
Press Figures:	D4v(o):3; E4r(i):2; F3v(i):3; G6r(i):2; H3v(i):2; I1v(i):2
Publisher:	Christopher Etherington
Price:	1s.6d. (half title)
References:	ESTC T224606, Horr 696, Jessel 819, Rather 70
Copies Seen:	L [RB.23.a.8428] (ECCO); Copisarow [2 copies]; OCl [789.87H GE]; Levy [1823]
Notes:	Christopher Etherington published at Fleet Street from 1781 to 1783 and was a bankrupt in November, 1783, giving an approximate date for this work. E2r(39) is imposed upside down (and silently corrected in ECCO). Reprinted in Dublin (1791) as Jockey.D.1.

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