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Title: | HOYLE’s | GAMES | IMPROVED. | Being Practical Treatises on the following | FASHIONABLE GAMES, | VIZ. | [6 lines to left of rule] Whiſt, | Quadrille, | Piquet, | Cheſs, | Back=Gammon, | Draughts, | [6 lines to right of rule] Cricket, | Tennis, | Quinze, | Hazard, | Lanſquenet, and | Billiards. | In which are alſo contained, | The Method of Betting at those Games | upon equal, or advantageous Terms. | INCLUDING | The Laws of the ſeveral GAMES, as ſettled and | agreed to at White's and Stapleton's Cho-|colate-houſes, the Star and Garter, &c. | [rule] | Reviſed and corrected by CHARLES JONES, Eſq. | A New Edition, enlarged. | [oxford rule] | LONDON: | Printed for J. F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne and Son, | S. Crowder, R. Baldwin, B. Law, W. and C. Dom-|ville, W. Lowndes, E. Newbery, S. Bladon, and G. | and T. Wilkie. 1786 | {PRICE THREE SHILLINGS.} |
| Collation: | 12o: A4(−A4) B–N12 O10(−O10 missing, blank?) [$½ signed]; 156 leaves, pp. [i] ii–vi, [1] 2–306 |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (i) | title | |||
| A1v–A3v (ii–vi) | ‘CONTENTS | [...]’ | A2r–A3v (iii–vi) | ‘CONTENTS’ | |
| B1r–B1v (1–2) | ‘[triple rule] | THE | GAME OF WHIST. | [...]’ | |||
| B2r–E3v (3–78) | ‘Mr. HOYLE'S | GAME AT WHIST. | [...]’ | B2v–D4r (4–55) | ‘The Game of WHIST.’ | |
| D4v–D7r (56–61) | ‘The Laws of WHIST.’ | |||
| D7v–E3r (62–77) | ‘The Game of WHIST.’ | |||
| E3v–E11v (78–94) | ‘[...] | Mr. PAYNE's Maxims for WHIST. | [...]’ | E3v–E11v (78–94) | ‘Maxims for WHIST.’ | |
| E12r–F11r (95–117) | ‘Mr. HOYLE's | GAME OF QUADRILLE. | [...]’ | E12v–F7r (96–109) | ‘The Game of QUADRILLE.’ | |
| F7v–F9r (110–113) | ‘The Laws of QUADRILLE.’ | |||
| F9v–F11r (114–117) | ‘Terms of QUADRILLE.’ | |||
| F11v–G4v (118–128) | ‘THE | GAME OF PIQUET | [...]’ | F12r–G4v (119–128) | ‘The Game of PIQUET.’ | |
| G5r–H6v (129–156) | ‘[oxford Rule] | Mr. HOYLE's GAME OF PIQUET. | [...]’ | G5v–H4v (130–152) | ‘Rules for the Game of PIQUET.’ | |
| H5r–H6v (153–156) | ‘Laws for the Game of PIQUET.’ | |||
| H7r–H8v (157–160) | ‘THE | GAME OF CHESS. | [...]’ | H7v–H8v (158–160) | ‘The Game of CHESS.’ | |
| H8v–I2v (160–172) | ‘[...] | Rules and Observations for CHESS. | By Mr. HOYLE. | [...]’ | H8v–I2r (160–171) | ‘Rules for CHESS.’ | |
| on H11v–H12v (166–168) | ‘The Game of CHESS.’ | |||
| I2v (172) | ‘Laws at CHESS.’ | |||
| I3r (173) | ‘INTRODUCTION | TO THE | GAME OF BACK-GAMMON; | With the moſt approved Method of playing at it. | [...]’ | |||
| I3v–K6v (174–204) | ‘TREATISE on BACK-GAMMON. | By Mr. HOYLE. | [...]’ | I3v–K6r (174–203) | ‘The Game of BACK-GAMMON.’ | |
| K7r–L11v (205–238) | ‘[oxford rule] | Mr. PAYNE's | GAME OF DRAUGHTS. | Containing Twenty ſelect Games; together with | many critical Situations for Drawn Games, | Won Games, and Fine Strokes | [...]’ | K7v–L11v (206–238) | ‘The Game of DRAUGHTS.’ | |
| L12r–M2r (239–243) | ‘[oxford rule] | THE | LAWS of CRICKET. | [...]’ | L12v–M2r (240–243) | ‘The Game of CRICKET.’ | |
| M2v–M5r (244–249) | ‘THE | GAME OF TENNIS. | [...]’ | M3r–M5r (245–249) | ‘The Game of TENNIS.’ | |
| M5v–M6r (250–251) | ‘THE | GAME OF QUINZE. | [...]’ | M6r (251) | ‘The Game of QUINZE.’ | |
| M6v–M8r (252–255) | ‘THE | GAME OF HAZARD. | [...]’ | M7r–M8r (253–255) | ‘The Game of HAZARD.’ | |
| M8v–M9r (256–257) | ‘[oxford rule] | THE | GAME OF LANSQUENET. | [...]’ | M9r (257) | ‘The Game of LANSQUENET.’ | |
| M9v–O9v (258–306) | ‘[oxford rule] | A TREATISE ON | BILLIARDS | [...]’ | M10r–N3r (259–269) | ‘The Game of BILLIARDS. | Rules for the White Winning Game.’ | |
| N3v–N7r (270–277) | ‘The Game of BILLIARDS. | Carambole Winning Game.’ | |||
| N7v–N10r (278–283) | ‘The Game of BILLIARDS. | Carambole Losing Game.’ | |||
| N10v–O3v (284–294) | ‘FORTIFICATION BILLIARDS.’ | |||
| O9v (306) | ‘[...] | The Binder is to put the Plate after | Page 288. | FINIS.’ | O4r–O9v (295–306) | ‘ODDS AT BILLIARDS.’ |
| Plates: | on K7v(206) woodblock: ‘[...] | THE | DRAUGHT TABLE. | [...]’ after N12v(288) copperplate: bifolium with engravings Plan of Fortification Billiards and Perspective View of Fortification Billiards. |
| Catchwords: | B10v(20) Queen [Queen,]; C12v(48) Trump [Trump,]; N2r(267) LVIII. N· [LVIII. No] |
| Press Figures: | B6v(o):10; B7v(i):9; C5v(i):1; C6v(o):6; D1v(i):10; D11r(o):7; E1v(i):1; E12v(o):9; F6v(o):10; F8r(i):9; G1v(i):7; G6v(o):1; H7r(o):10; H8r(i):6; I12r(i):2; I12v(o):5; K7r(o):5; K12r(i):8; L11r(o):8; L11v(i):2; M5v(i):9; M12v(o):10; N2v(o):5; N11v(i):10; O8r(i):11; O8v(o):6 |
| Publisher: | J. F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne and Son, Stanley Crowder, Robert Baldwin I, Bedwell Law, William and Charles Domville, William Lowndes, Elizabeth Newbery, Samuel Bladon, G. and T. Wilkie |
| Advertisements: | 1785-12-08 General Evening Post: This day was published, in one volume, 12mo. price 3s. bound in red, a new, enlarged, and corrected edition, of the late Charles Jones's Hoyle's Games Improved...Of whom may be had, separate from the above work, and ornamented with a copper-plate, Mr. Drew's [sic] Treatise on Billiards, price 1s. sewed. N. B. Ladies and gentlemean wishing to purchase the above-mentioned book, are requested to give particular directions for Charles Jones's Hoyle's Games Improved, lest any spurious or infrerior edition should be offered them. |
| Price: | 3s. (title, advertisement) |
| References: | ESTC T87525, Horr 735, Jessel 918, Rather 63 |
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