| Contents: |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Contents |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Running Titles |
| A1r (i) |
half title |
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| A1v (ii) |
frontispiece |
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| A2r (iii) |
title |
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| A2v (iv) |
blank |
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| A3r–A3v (v–vi) |
‘TO THE | RIGHT HONOURABLE | THE | EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND. | [...]’ |
A3v (vi) |
‘DEDICATION.’ |
| A4r–A5v (vii–x) |
‘PREFACE. | [...]’ |
A4v–A5v (viii–x) |
‘PREFACE.’ |
| A6r–a2v (xi–xvi) |
‘THE | MORALS OF CHESS. | BY | DR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. | [...]’ |
A6v–a2v (xii–xvi) |
‘THE MORALS OF CHESS.’ |
| a2v (xvi) |
‘[...] | CONTENTS. | [...]’ |
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| B1r–B5r (1–9) |
‘[tailpiece] | THE | GAME OF CHESS. | [...]’ |
B1v–I4v (2–92) |
‘CHESS.’ |
| B5v–C6r (10–23) |
‘MR. HOYLE'S RULES FOR CHESS. | [...]’ |
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| C6r–C6v (23–24) |
‘[...] | LAWS OF CHESS. | [...]’ |
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| D1r–E4v (25–44) |
‘MR. HOYLE'S CHESS LECTURES. | [...]’ |
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| E5r–I3r (45–89) |
‘PHILIDOR'S SELECT GAMES AT CHESS. | [...]’ |
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| I3r–I4r (89–91) |
‘[...] | ANECDOTES OF CELEBRATED CHESS PLAYERS. | [...]’ |
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| I4r (91) |
‘[...] | SOVEREIGN PRINCES CELEBRATED AS CHESS PLAYERS. | [...]’ |
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| I4v (92) |
‘OPINIONS RESPECTING CHESS. | [...] | [colophon]’ |
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| Plates: |
Frontispiece woodblock: ‘CHESS MEN. | [...] | THE CHESS BOARD.’ |
| Publisher: |
Robert Baldwin I, William Lowndes, Wilkie and Robinson, J. Walker, Scatcherd and Letterman, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Lackington, Allen and Co., William Stewart, B. Crosby and Co., Joseph Mawman, James Asperne |
| Printer: |
Charles Whittingham (colophon, Longman Archives) |
| Notices: |
1808-03-09 Hereford Journal: "...Of whom may be had, likewise just published...Hoyle's Games of Chess,
now first including his chess lectures, and some selections from other
authors, 2s. in extra boards." |
| Price: |
2s. (advertisement, cover) |
| References: |
Rather 96 |
| Colophon: |
‘[oxford rule] | C. WHITTINGHAM, Printer, 103 Goswell Street. | [reverse oxford rule]’ |
| Copies Seen: |
L [7915.aaa.57]; O [38472 f.40]; OCl [789 G8h3]; PPL [Iu Hoyl Allen 340]; Levy [1630] |
| Other Copies: |
DUu [SC 09510]; EXDc [794.1]; Lv [CLE Q32]; HAG [KW 972 F 36]; ICR [Fiskesafn 794.1 Hoy]; CtY [381 M79 1808L]; MH [SG 3652.208]; NN [MZED (Hoyle, E. Mr. Hoyl's game of chess)]; NjP [4284.05.479.2]; PP [A794.17 H85]; WU [VRSJ H85] |
| Notes: |
Pages 1-89 are the same text and largely the same setting of type as pages 166-255
of Jones.8.The book was issued in blue printed paper over boards with the title "Hoyle's Treatise
Upon Chess." |
