A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Jockey.D.1

Epitome of Hoyle, printed by R. M. Butler, first Dublin edition, 1791.

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 Chocolate Houſes, never | before attempted in Print. Compriſing the Laws and | Rules of the ſeveral Games, as ſettled at White's, Staple|-ton's, &c. &c. Alſo the moſt advantageous Method of | Betting at thoſe Games, and the erroneous Odds introdu-|ced in former Productions of a ſimilar kind, rectified. | [rule] | By a MEMBER OF THE JOCKEY CLUB. | [oxford rule] | DUBLIN; | Printed by R. M. BUTLER, Bookseller, No. 31, | Grafton-street. | [short rule] | M.DCC.XC1.
Collation: 8o: π2 A–L4 M2 [$½ (−F2) signed]; 48 leaves, pp. [4 ] [i] ii–iv, [1] 2–87 [88]
Contents: Signature (Page) Reference Contents Signature (Page) Reference Running Titles
π1r title
π1v blank
π2r ‘CONTENTS. | [...]’
π2v blank
A1r–A2v (i–iv) ‘[short oxford rule] | TO THE | READER. | [...]’ A1v–A2v (ii–iv) ‘To the Reader.’
A3r–A4r (1–3) ‘[short oxford rule] | AN | EPITOME | OF ALL | HOYLE'S GAMES, &c | [short rule] | The Game of Hazard. | [...]’ A3v–A4r (2–3) ‘The Game of Hazard.’
A4v–B3v (4–10) ‘The Game of Backgammon. | [...]’ B1r–B3r (5–9) ‘The Game of Backgammon.’
B3v–C1v (10–14) ‘[...] | The Game of Tennis. | [...]’ B3v–C1v (10–14) ‘The Game of Tennis.’
C2r–C3r (15–17) ‘The Game of Cricket. | [...]’ C2v–C3r (16–17) ‘The Game of Cricket.’
C3v–D3v (18–26) ‘The Game of Billiards. | [...]’ C4r–D3v (19–26) ‘The Game of Billiards.’
D4r–E3r (27–33) ‘The Game of Cheſs | [...]’ D4v–E3r (28–33) ‘The Game of Cheſs.’
E3v–F2r (34–39) ‘The Game of Draughts | [...]’ E4r (35) ‘The Game of Draughts.’
F2v–I3r (40–65) ‘The Game of Whiſt. | [...]’ F3r–I3r (41–65) ‘The Game of Whiſt.’
I3v–K4r (66–75) ‘The Game of Quadrille. | [...]’ I4r–K4r (67–75) ‘The Game of Quadrille.’
K4v–L3v (76–82) ‘The Game of Piquet. | [...]’ L1r–L3v (77–82) ‘The Game of Piquet.’
L4r–L4v (83–84) ‘The Game of Lanſquenet. | [...]’ L4v (84) ‘The Game of Lanſquenet.’
M1r (85) ‘The Game of Quinze. | [...]’
M1v–M2r (86–87) ‘The Game of E-O. | Entirely Original. | [...]’ M2r (87) ‘The Game of E-O.’
M2v (88) blank
Plates: on E3v(34) woodblock: The Draught Table
Publisher: Richard Martin Butler
Printer: Richard Martin Butler (title)
References: ESTC T127978, Horr 697, Jessel 820, Rather 69
Copies Seen: Dp [Dublin Coll: 795]; L [1607/2574] (ECCO); O [Jessel f.593]; Copisarow; OCl [W787.87H]
Other Copies: Du [25.J.14]; NN [MV (Epitome of Hoyle)] (Google)
Notes: A Dublin reprint of Jockey.1.

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