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Title: | HOYLE'S GAMES | IMPROVED | CONSISTING OF | PRACTICAL TREATISES | ON | [9 lines to left of rule] WHIST | QUADRILLE | PIQUET | QUINZE | VINGT-UN | LANSQUENET | FARO or PHARO | ROUGE & NOIR | CRIBBAGE | [9 lines between two rules] MATRIMONY | CASSINO | CONNECTIONS | REVERSIS | PUT | ALL-FOURS | SPECULATION | LOO | LOTTERY | [9 lines to right of rule] CHESS | BACK-GAMMON | DRAUGHTS | CRICKET | TENNIS | HAZARD | BILLIARDS | GOFF or GOLF | COMMERCE | And DOMINO | WITH AN | ESSAY ON GAME COCKS | WHEREIN ARE COMPRISED | CALCULATIONS FOR BETTING | UPON EQUAL OR ADVANTAGEOUS TERMS | [short rule] | REVISED AND CORRECTED | By CHARLES JONES Esq. | [short rule] | A NEW EDITION CONSIDERABLY ENLARGED. | [short oxford rule] | LONDON | PRINTED FOR R. BALDWIN, T. PAYNE, W. LOWNDES, G. WILKIE, | J. SCATCHERD, LONGMAN AND REES, J. NUNN, LACKINGTON, | ALLEN AND CO. W. STEWART, B. CROSBY, T. HURST, AND J. | MAWMAN.——1803. | [short rule] | Price Five Shillings Bound. |
| Collation: | 18o: [A]2 B–2K6 2L4 [$½ signed; signing G3 as G]; 198 leaves, pp. [i–ii] iii–iv, [1] 2–391 [392] |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (i) | title | |||
| A1v (ii) | ‘[oxford rule] | C. WHITTINGHAM, Printer, Dean Street, Fetter Lane. | [reverse oxford rule]’ | |||
| A2r–A2v (iii–iv) | ‘THE GAME OF DOMINO | [...] | [inverted] ⁂ The Plate is to be put between pages 336 and 337.’ | A2v (iv) | ‘DOMINO.’ | |
| B1r–B1v (1–2) | ‘THE | GAME OF WHIST. | [...]’ | B1v–H5r (2–81) | ‘WHIST.’ | |
| B1v–B2v (2–4) | ‘[...] | TWENTY-FOUR SHORT RULES FOR LEARNERS. | [...]’ | |||
| B2v (4) | ‘[...] | METHODS OF SCORING AT WHIST. | [...]’ | |||
| B2v–G3v (4–66) | ‘[...] | MR. HOYLE'S GAME AT WHIST. | [...]’ | |||
| G3v–H5v (66–82) | ‘[...] | MR. PAYNE'S MAXIMS FOR WHIST. | [...]’ | |||
| H5v–K4r (82–103) | ‘[...] | Mr. HOYLE's | GAME OF QUADRILLE. | [...]’ | H5v–K4v (82–104) | ‘QUADRILLE.’ | |
| K4v (104) | ‘ADDITIONS TO THE GAME OF QUADRILLE | [...]’ | |||
| K5r–L2v (105–112) | ‘THE GAME OF PIQUET | [...]’ | K5v–N1r (106–133) | ‘PIQUET.’ | |
| L2v–M5v (112–130) | ‘[...] | ‘Mr. HOYLE’s | GAME OF PIQUET. | [...]’ | |||
| M5v–N1v (130–134) | ‘[...] | LAWS OF THE GAME OF PIQUET. | [...]’ | |||
| N1v–N2r (134–135) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF QUINZE. | [...]’ | N1v (134) | ‘QUINZE.’ | |
| N2r–N3r (135–137) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF VINGT-UN. | [...]’ | N2r–N2v (135–136) | ‘VINGT-UN.’ | |
| N3r–N4r (137–139) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF LANSQUENET. | [...]’ | N3r–N3v (137–138) | ‘LANSQUENET.’ | |
| N4r–O2v (139–148) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF FARO. | [...]’ | N4r–O2v (139–148) | ‘FARO.’ | |
| O2v–O4v (148–152) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF ROUGE ET NOIR | [...]’ | O3r–O4v (149–152) | ‘ROUGE ET NOIR.’ | |
| O5r–P4v (153–164) | ‘THE GAME OF CRIBBAGE. | [...]’ | O5r–P4v (153–164) | ‘CRIBBAGE.’ | |
| P4v–P5v (164–166) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF MATRIMONY. | [...]’ | P5r (165) | ‘MATRIMONY.’ | |
| P5v–Q1r (166–169) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CASSINO. | [...]’ | P5v–P6v (166–168) | ‘CASSINO.’ | |
| Q1r–Q1v (169–170) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CONNEXIONS. | [...]’ | Q1r (169) | ‘CONNEXIONS.’ | |
| Q1v–Q4v (170–176) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF REVERSIS. | [...]’ | Q1v–Q4v (170–176) | ‘REVERSIS.’ | |
| Q4v–Q5r (176–177) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF PUT. | [...]’ | |||
| Q5r–Q6r (177–179) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF ALL-FOURS. | [...]’ | Q5r–Q5v (177–178) | ‘ALL-FOURS.’ | |
| Q6r–Q6v (179–180) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF SPECULATION. | [...]’ | Q6r (179) | ‘SPECULATION.’ | |
| Q6v–R1v (180–182) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF LOO. | [...]’ | Q6v–R1r (180–181) | ‘LOO.’ | |
| R1v–R2r (182–183) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF LOTTERY. | [...]’ | R1v (182) | ‘LOTTERY.’ | |
| R2r–R3v (183–186) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CHESS. | [...]’ | R2r–Y2r (183–243) | ‘CHESS.’ | |
| R4r–S2v (187–196) | ‘MR. HOYLE'S RULES FOR CHESS. | [...]’ | |||
| S2v (196) | ‘[...] | THE LAWS OF CHESS. | [...]’ | |||
| S3r–Y2r (197–243) | ‘SELECT GAMES AT CHESS. | [...]’ | |||
| Y2v–Y3r (244–245) | ‘THE GAME OF BACK-GAMMON. | [...]’ | |||
| Y3r–2A3v (245–270) | ‘[...] | MR. HOYLE's | TREATISE OF BACK-GAMMON. | [...]’ | Y3r–2A3v (245–270) | ‘BACK-GAMMON.’ | |
| 2A3v–2C6v (270–300) | ‘[...] | Mr. PAYNE's | GAME OF DRAUGHTS. | [...]’ | 2A3v–2C6v (270–300) | ‘DRAUGHTS.’ | |
| 2D1r–2D2v (301–304) | ‘THE LAWS OF CRICKET. | [...]’ | 2D1v–2D2r (302–303) | ‘CRICKET.’ | |
| 2D2v–2D5r (304–309) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF TENNIS. | [...]’ | 2D2v–2D4v (304–308) | ‘TENNIS.’ | |
| 2D5r–2E1r (309–313) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF HAZARD. | [...]’ | 2D5r–2D6v (309–312) | ‘HAZARD.’ | |
| 2E1r–2H3r (313–353) | ‘[...] | MR. DEW's | GAME OF BILLIARDS. | [...]’ | 2E1r–2H2v (313–352) | ‘BILLIARDS.’ | |
| 2H3r–2H4r (353–355) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF GOFF, OR GOLF. | [...]’ | 2H3r–2H3v (353–354) | ‘GOFF.’ | |
| 2H4r–2H5v (355–358) | ‘[...] | COMMERCE. | [...]’ | 2H4r–2H5v (355–358) | ‘COMMERCE.’ | |
| 2H6r–2L4r (359–391) | ‘TREATISE ON GAME-COCKS. | [...]’ | 2H6v–2L4r (360–391) | ‘GAME COCKS.’ | |
| 2L4v (392) | ‘CONTENTS. | [...] | [colophon]’ |
| Plates: | on O3r(149) woodblock: a tapis or cloth covering the Rouge et Noir table on Y2v(244) woodblock: a backgammon board showing the starting position on 2A4r(271) woodblock: ‘[...] | DRAUGHT TABLE. | [...]’ after 2F6v(336) copperplate: bifolium with engravings Plan of Fortification Billiards and Perspective View of Fortification Billiards. |
| Publisher: | Robert Baldwin I, Thomas Payne, William Lowndes, George Wilkie, James Scatcherd, Longman and Rees, James Nunn, Lackington, Allen and Co., William Stewart, Benjamin Crosby, Thomas Hurst, Joseph Mawman |
| Printer: | Charles Whittingham (Chiswick Press Papers, colophon, Longman Archives) |
| Advertisements: | 1804-01-30 Morning Post: "This day was published, in 1 Vol. 18mo. printed on fine wove paper, with the best ink, and hot-pressed, price 5s. bound in red, a new, corrected, and enlarged edition of Charles Jones's Hoyle's Games Improved...Of whom may be had, lately published 1. In 18mo. price 3s. 6d. in a case like an Almanack, Hoyle's Games Improved, selected as a Companion to the Card-table...2. In 12mo. price 6d. sewed, The Essay on Game Cocks." |
| Price: | 5s. (advertisement, title) |
| References: | Horr 739, Jessel 922, Rather 84 |
| Colophon: | ‘[short oxford rule] | C. WHITTINGHAM, Printer, Dean-Street, Fetter-Lane. | [short reverse oxford rule].’ |
| Copies Seen: | L [1506/181]; O [Jessel f.600]; O [Jessel f.601]; OCl [789.87H G3J]; TNJ [GV1229.J7 1803]; Levy [1035] |
| Other Copies: | BINs [Os 12920]; HAG [KW 363 D 31] (Google); LU [GV1243.H854 1803]; MoSpU [GV1243.H69 1803]; NvLN [GV1243.H854 1803]; UU [GV1243.H86 1803] |
| Notes: | The games have been reordered from Jones.6, to place all the card games first to make it easier to issue them separately as Jones.7-1. |