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Title: | HOYLE’s | GAMES | IMPROVED; | Being Practical Treatises on | [7 lines to left of rule] Whiſt, | Quadrille, | Piquet, | Cheſs, | Back=Gammon, | Draughts, | Cricket, | [7 lines to right of rule] Tennis, | Quinze, | Hazard, | Lanſquenet, | Billiards, | AND | Goff or Golf: | In which are contained, | The Method of Betting at those Games upon | equal, or advantageous Terms; | INCLUDING | The Laws of each, as ſettled and agreed to, at | Brookes's, White's, D'Aubigny's, the Sçavoir | Vivre, Miles's, Payne's, and other Faſhionable | Houſes &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, | R. Baldwin, B. Law, W. Goldsmith, W. Lowndes, | E. Newbery, S. Bladon, G. and T. Wilkie, and | C. Stalker. 1790. |
| Collation: | 12o: A4 B–N12 O2 [$½ signed]; 150 leaves, pp. [i–iii] iv–viii, [1] 2–290 [291–292] |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (i) | title | |||
| A1v (ii) | blank | |||
| A2r–A4v (iii–viii) | ‘CONTENTS | [...]’ | A2v–A4v (iv–viii) | ‘CONTENTS’ | |
| B1r–B1v (1–2) | ‘[reverse oxford rule] | THE | GAME OF WHIST. | [...]’ | |||
| B2r–E1v (3–74) | ‘Mr. HOYLE'S | GAME AT WHIST. | [...]’ | B2v–D3r (4–53) | ‘The Game of WHIST.’ | |
| D3v–D5v (54–58) | ‘The Laws of WHIST.’ | |||
| D6r–E1r (59–73) | ‘The Game of WHIST.’ | |||
| E1v–E9v (74–90) | ‘[...] | Mr. PAYNE's Maxims for WHIST. | [...]’ | E1v–E9r (74–89) | ‘Maxims for WHIST.’ | |
| E9v–F8v (90–112) | ‘[...] | Mr. HOYLE's | GAME OF QUADRILLE. | [...]’ | E9v–F5r (90–105) | ‘The Game of QUADRILLE.’ | |
| F5v–F6v (106–108) | ‘The Laws of QUADRILLE.’ | |||
| F7r–F8r (109–111) | ‘Terms of QUADRILLE.’ | |||
| F8v–G1v (112–122) | ‘[...] | The GAME OF PIQUET | [...]’ | F8v–G1r (112–121) | ‘The Game of PIQUET.’ | |
| G1v–H2v (122–148) | ‘[...] | [oxford Rule] | Mr. HOYLE's GAME OF PIQUET. | [...]’ | G1v–G12v (122–144) | ‘Rules for the Game of PIQUET.’ | |
| H1r–H2r (145–147) | ‘Laws for the Game of PIQUET.’ | |||
| H2v–H4r (148–151) | ‘THE | GAME OF CHESS. | [...]’ | H2v–H3v (148–150) | ‘The Game of CHESS.’ | |
| H4r–H9v (151–162) | ‘[...] | Rules and Observations for CHESS. | By Mr. HOYLE. | [...]’ | H4r–H9r (151–161) | ‘Rules for CHESS.’ | |
| on H6v–H7v (156–158) | ‘The Game of CHESS.’ | |||
| H9v (162) | ‘Laws at CHESS.’ | |||
| H10r (163) | ‘[oxford rule] | THE | GAME OF BACK-GAMMON. | [...]’ | |||
| H10v–I12v (164–192) | ‘TREATISE OF BACK-GAMMON. | By Mr. HOYLE. | [...]’ | H10v–I12v (164–192) | ‘The Game of BACK-GAMMON.’ | |
| on I5r (177) | ‘The Game of BACK-GAMMON’ | |||
| K1r–L5v (193–226) | ‘[double rule] | Mr. PAYNE's | GAME OF DRAUGHTS. | [...]’ | K1v–L5v (194–226) | ‘The Game of DRAUGHTS.’ | |
| L6r–L7v (227–230) | ‘[oxford rule] | THE LAWS OF CRICKET. | [...]’ | L6v–L7v (228–230) | ‘The Game of CRICKET.’ | |
| L7v–L10v (230–236) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF TENNIS. | [...]’ | L8r–L10r (231–235) | ‘The Game of TENNIS.’ | |
| on L9r (233) | ‘The Game of TENNIS’ | |||
| L10v–L11r (236–237) | ‘[...] | The Game of QUINZE. | [...]’ | L11r (237) | ‘The Game of QUINZE.’ | |
| L11r–L12v (237–240) | ‘THE | GAME OF HAZARD. | [...]’ | L11r–L12v (237–240) | ‘The Game of HAZARD.’ | |
| M1r–M1v (241–242) | ‘[double rule] | THE | GAME OF LANSQUENET. | [...]’ | M1v (242) | ‘The Game of LANSQUENET.’ | |
| M2r–N12v (243–288) | ‘[double rule] | Mr. DEW's | TREATISE ON BILLIARDS‡; | [...] | ‡ This Treatiſe may be had ſeparate, Price 1s.’ | M2v–M6r (244–251) | ‘The Game of BILLIARDS. | Rules for the White Winning Game.’ | |
| M6v–M7r (252–253) | ‘The Game of BILLIARDS. | Rules for the White Losing Game.’ | |||
| M7v–M12r (254–263) | ‘The Game of BILLIARDS. | Carambole Winning Game.’ | |||
| M12v–N1r (264–265) | ‘The Game of BILLIARDS. | Carambole Losing Game.’ | |||
| N1v–N6v (266–276) | ‘FORTIFICATION BILLIARDS.’ | |||
| on N3v (270) | blank | |||
| N7v–N12v (278–288) | ‘Odds at Billiards.’ | |||
| N12v–O1v (288–290) | ‘[...] | The GAME OF GOFF, or GOLF, | [...]’ | O1r–O1v (289–290) | ‘The Game of Goff, or Golf.’ | |
| O1v (290) | ‘[...] | [inverted] ⁂ The Binder is to put the Plate after Page 270. | FINIS.’ | |||
| O2r–O2v (291–292) | publisher's advertisements |
| Plates: | on K1v(194) woodblock: ‘[...] | THE | DRAUGHT TABLE. | [...]’ after N3v(270) copperplate: bifolium with engravings Plan of Fortification Billiards and Perspective View of Fortification Billiards. |
| Catchwords: | G2v(124) attemp [attempt] |
| Publisher: | J. F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne and Son, Robert Baldwin I, Bedwell Law, William Goldsmith, William Lowndes, Elizabeth Newbery, Samuel Bladon, G. and T. Wilkie, Charles Stalker |
| Advertisements: | 1790-12-28 General Evening Post: This day was published, in one volume, 12mo. price 3s. bound in red leather, 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, price 1s. sewed, Mr. Dew's Treatise on Billiards. N. B. Ladies and gentlemean wishing to purchase the above-mentioned work, are requested to give particular directions for "Charles Jones's Hoyle's Games Improved," lest any spurious or inferior edition should be offered them. |
| Price: | 3s. (advertisement) |
| References: | ESTC T87522, Horr 736, Jessel 919, Rather 67 |
| Copies Seen: | BFl [I.795/HOYL (b1124854)]; Dp [Dublin Collection 795]; L [7918.a.77] (ECCO); O [Jessel f.597]; Copisarow; CLU-SC [GV1241.H85g 1790]; NvLN [GV1241.H69 1790]; OCl [789.87H F90J]; TNJ [GV1227.J7 1790 c.1]; TNJ [GV1227.J7 1790 c.2]; TxU [GV1243.H85 1790]; Levy [1007] |
| Other Copies: | NorM [795]; TAUa [L114-17]; HAG [KW 363 D 29]; KBR [III 21.878 A]; CaBVaU [GV1241.H68 1790]; CaOLU [GV1241.H8 1790]; DFo [GV1241.H6 1790]; InNd [GV1243.H85 1790]; LU [GV1243.H85 1790 Carr]; MH-H [SG3652.190]; NcD [795.4 H867H]; NjP [42485.479.11.3]; TxCM [GV1241.H69 1790] |
| Notes: | The book is item 330 in Richard E. Donovan and Joseph S. F. Murdoch, The Game of Golf and The Printed Word 1566-1985, (Castalio Press, 1988). |