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Title: | HOYLE'S | GAMES | IMPROVED | CONSISTING OF PRACTICAL TREATISES ON | [12 lines to left of double rule] WHIST | QUADRILLE | PIQUET | CHESS | BACK-GAMMON | DRAUGHTS | CRICKET | TENNIS | QUINZE | VINGT-UN | HAZARD | LANSQUENET | [twelve lines to right of double rule] BILLIARDS | FARO OR PHARO | ROUGE & NOIR | CRIBBAGE | MATRIMONY | CASSINO | GOFF OR GOLF | CONNEXIONS | REVERSIS | PUT | ALL-FOURS AND | SPECULATION | With an Eſſay on Game Cocks; | WHEREIN ARE COMPRISED | Calculations for Betting upon | equal or advantageous Terms. | [reverse oxford rule] | Reviſed and Corrected by CHARLES JONES, Eſq. | A NEW EDITION CONSIDERABLY ENLARGED. | [oxford rule] | LONDON: | Printed by M. Ritchie, Middle Street, Cloth Fair, | For R. Baldwin, T. Payne, W. Lowndes, G. Wilkie, J. | Scatcherd, Longman and Rees, E. Newbery, W. Stewart, | J. Lee, T. Hurst, and J. Mawman. | [short rule] | 1800. | [short rule] | Price four Shillings bound. |
| Collation: | 12o: A2 B–O12 P10 [$1,5 signed]; 168 leaves, pp. [i–iii] iv, [1] 2–3 [4] 5–332 |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (i) | title | |||
| A1v (ii) | ‘☞This work being printed on paper marked agreeable | to the act, the exporter thereof will be entitled to | the drawback.’ | |||
| A2r (iii) | ‘CONTENTS | [...]’ | |||
| A2v (iv) | ‘THE GAME OF SPECULATION. | [...] | [inverted] ⁂ The Binder is to put the plate after page 256.’ | |||
| B1r–B1v (1–2) | ‘THE | GAME OF WHIST. | [...]’ | |||
| B1v–B2r (2–3) | ‘[...] | Twenty-four ſhort Rules for Learners. | [...]’ | |||
| B2r (3) | ‘[...] | Methods of Scoring at Whist. | [...]’ | |||
| B2v–D5r (4–57) | ‘MR. HOYLE'S GAME AT WHIST. | [...]’ | B3r–D11r (5–69) | ‘THE GAME OF WHIST.’ | |
| D5r–D11v (57–70) | ‘[...] | MR. PAYNE'S MAXIMS FOR WHIST. | [...]’ | |||
| D11v–E8v (70–88) | ‘[...] | MR. HOYLE'S GAME OF QUADRILLE. | [...]’ | D11v–E8r (70–87) | ‘THE GAME OF QUADRILLE.’ | |
| E8v–E12r (88–95) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF PIQUET | [...]’ | E8v–F10r (88–115) | ‘THE GAME OF PIQUET.’ | |
| E12r–F9r (95–113) | ‘[...] | MR. HOYLE'S GAME OF PIQUET. | [...]’ | |||
| F9r–F10v (113–116) | ‘[...] | LAWS OF THE GAME OF PIQUET. | [...]’ | |||
| F10v–F11v (116–118) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CHESS. | [...]’ | F10v–H12v (116–168) | ‘THE GAME OF CHESS.’ | |
| F11v–G4r (118–127) | ‘[...] | MR. HOYLE'S RULES FOR CHESS. | [...]’ | |||
| G4r (127) | ‘[...] | THE LAWS OF CHESS. | [...]’ | |||
| G4v–I1r (128–169) | ‘SELECT GAMES AT CHESS. | [...]’ | |||
| I1r–I1v (169–170) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF BACK-GAMMON. | [...]’ | |||
| I1v–K1r (170–193) | ‘[...] | Mr. HOYLE's | TREATISE OF BACK-GAMMON. | [...]’ | I1r–K1r (169–193) | ‘THE GAME OF BACK-GAMMON.’ | |
| K1v–L3r (194–221) | ‘Mr. PAYNE's GAME OF DRAUGHTS. | [...]’ | K1v–L2v (194–220) | ‘THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS.’ | |
| L3r–L4v (221–224) | ‘[...] | THE LAWS OF CRICKET. | [...]’ | L3r–L4r (221–223) | ‘THE GAME OF CRICKET.’ | |
| L4v–L6v (224–228) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF TENNIS. | [...]’ | L4v–L6v (224–228) | ‘THE GAME OF TENNIS.’ | |
| L7r (229) | ‘THE GAME OF QUINZE. | [...]’ | |||
| L7r–L8r (229–231) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF VINGT-UN. | [...]’ | L7r–L7v (229–230) | ‘THE GAME OF VINGT-UN.’ | |
| L8r–L10r (231–235) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF HAZARD. | [...]’ | L8r–L9v (231–234) | ‘THE GAME OF HAZARD.’ | |
| L10r–L10v (235–236) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF LANSQUENET. | [...]’ | L10r (235) | ‘THE GAME OF LANSQUENET.’ | |
| L10v–N5v (236–274) | ‘[...] | MR. DEW'S GAME OF BILLIARDS | [...]’ | L10v–N5v (236–274) | ‘THE GAME OF BILLIARDS.’ | |
| N6r–N9v (275–282) | ‘THE GAME OF FARO. | [...]’ | N6r–N9v (275–282) | ‘THE GAME OF FARO.’ | |
| N10r–N11v (283–286) | ‘THE GAME OF ROUGE ET NOIR | [...]’ | N10r–N11r (283–285) | ‘THE GAME OF ROUGE ET NOIR.’ | |
| N11v–O4r (286–295) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CRIBBAGE. | [...]’ | N11v–O3v (286–294) | ‘THE GAME OF CRIBBAGE.’ | |
| O4r–O4v (295–296) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF MATRIMONY. | [...]’ | O4r (295) | ‘THE GAME OF MATRIMONY.’ | |
| O4v–O6r (296–299) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CASSINO. | [...]’ | O4v–O5v (296–298) | ‘THE GAME OF CASSINO.’ | |
| O6r–O7r (299–301) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF GOFF, OR GOLF. | [...]’ | O6r–O6v (299–300) | ‘THE GAME OF GOFF, OR GOLF.’ | |
| O7r (301) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CONNEXIONS. | [...]’ | O7r (301) | ‘THE GAME OF CONNEXIONS.’ | |
| O7v–O9v (302–306) | ‘THE GAME OF REVERSIS. | [...]’ | O7v–O9r (302–305) | ‘THE GAME OF REVERSIS.’ | |
| O9v–O10r (306–307) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF PUT. | [...]’ | O9v–O10r (306–307) | ‘THE GAME OF PUT.’ | |
| O10v–O11r (308–309) | ‘THE GAME OF ALL-FOURS. | [...]’ | O10v (308) | ‘THE GAME OF ALL-FOURS.’ | |
| O11r–P10v (309–332) | ‘[...] | TREATISE ON GAME-COCKS. | [...]’ | O11r–P2v (309–316) | ‘TREATISE ON GAME COCKS.’ | |
| P3r–P4r (317–319) | ‘ORDERS, &C. FOR COCKING.’ | |||
| P4v (320) | ‘ARTICLES FOR A COCK MATCH.’ | |||
| P5r–P5v (321–322) | ‘KEY TO A MATCH BILL.’ | |||
| P6r–P8r (323–327) | ‘CALCULATIONS FOR COCKING.’ | |||
| P10v (332) | colophon |
| Plates: | on I1r(169) woodblock: a backgammon board showing the starting position on K1v(194) woodblock: the draught table after M8v(256) copperplate: bifolium with engravings Plan of Fortification Billiards and Perspective View of Fortification Billiards. on N10r(283) woodblock: a tapis or cloth covering the Rouge et Noir table |
| Press Figures: | H6r(i):3; H7r(o):4; I7v(i):4; I12v(o):3; L5v(i):4; L7r(o):3; M2r(i):4; M6v(o):3; N7r(o):4; N12r(i):3; P2r(i):4 |
| Publisher: | Robert Baldwin I, Thomas Payne, William Lowndes, George Wilkie, James Scatcherd, Longman and Rees, Elizabeth Newbery, William Stewart, John Lee, Thomas Hurst, Joseph Mawman |
| Printer: | Millar Ritchie (colophon, Longman Archives) |
| Advertisements: | 1802-01-05 The Star: Lately published, in 12mo. price 4s. bound, an new edition of Jones's Hoyle's Games Improved...The Essay on Game-Cocks, separate, price 6d. sewed |
| Price: | 4s. (advertisement, title) |
| References: | ESTC T87524, Horr 738, Jessel 921, Rather 80 |
| Colophon: | ‘RITCHIE, PRINTER, CLOTH FAIR.' |
| Copies Seen: | BFl [I.795/HOYL (b1124803)]; L [1040.b.32] (ECCO); O [Jessel f.599]; O [Murray f.21]; Copisarow; NvLN [GV1241.H69 1800]; OCl [789.87H G0J]; TNJ [GV1227.J7 1800 c.1]; TNJ [GV1227.J7 1800 c.2]; Levy [1988] |
| Other Copies: | C [8400.d.6]; Gu [Mu56-g.4]; HAG [KW 972 F 34]; CaBVa [790.1 H86g]; CaOHM [B18178]; CaQMM [GV1241.H69 1800 RBD]; CtY-BA [GV1199.H78 1800]; InNd [GV1241.H62 1800]; LU [GV1243.H854 1800]; NjP [42845.479.121]; AuANL [790 HOY]; AuANL [RB CLI 1105]; AuVSL [793 H852H (1800)] |