A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Jones.8-4

Payne's Game of Draughts, printed for R. Baldwin et al, extracted from eighth London edition, 1808.

jones.8-4.jpg Title: INTRODUCTION | TO | PAYNE'S | GAME OF DRAUGHTS | SELECTED FROM | HOYLE'S GAMES IMPROVED | BY | CHALRES JONES ESQ. | [short oxford rule] | LONDON | PRINTED FOR R. BALDWIN; W. LOWNDES; WILKIE AND ROBINSON; | J. WALKER; LONGMAN, HURST, REES AND ORME; W. STEWART; | B. CROSBY AND CO.; LACKINGTON, ALLEN AND CO.; J. MAWMAN; | AND J. ASPERNE. | [short rule] | 1808.
Collation: 18o: [A]4 B–C6 D6(−D4) [$1,3 signed; signing $3 as '$2']; 21 leaves, pp. [1–5] 6–42
Label: jones.8-4.wrapper.jpg [within a border of type ornaments] PAYNE'S | GAME | OF | DRAUGHTS. | PRICE 1s. SEWED.
Half Title: jones.8-4.halftitle.jpg PAYNE'S | GAME OF DRAUGHTS. | C. WHITTINGHAM, Printer, | Goswell Street.
Contents: Signature (Page) Reference Contents Signature (Page) Reference Running Titles
A1r (1) half title
A1v (2) frontispiece
A2r (3) title
A2v (4) blank
A3r–D6v (5–42) ‘[tailpiece] | MR. PAYNE'S | GAME OF DRAUGHTS. | [...] | [colophon]’ A3r–D6v (5–42) ‘DRAUGHTS.’
Plates: Frontispiece woodblock: ‘THE | DRAUGHT BOARD. | [woodblock of draught 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...Introduction to Payne's Games of Draughts, with additions, extracted from Hoyle's Games, improved by Charles Jones, Esq. 1s. sewed."
Price: 1s. (advertisement, label)
Colophon: ‘[oxford rule] | C. WHITTINGHAM, Printer, Goswell Street.| [reverse oxford rule]’
Copies Seen: OCl [789.81 G8P]; Levy [2207]
Other Copies: CaOTP [794.2 J58]

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