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Title: | HOYLE'S GAMES | IMPROVED. | CONTAINING | PRACTICAL TREATISES | ON | [13 lines to left of double rule] WHIST, | QUADRILLE, | PIQUET, | QUINZE, | VINGT-UN, | LANSQUENET, | PHARO, | ROUGE ET NOIR, | CRIBBAGE, | MATRIMONY, | CASSINO, | REVERSIS, | PUT, | [13 lines to right of double rule] CONNEXIONS, | ALL FOURS, | SPECULATION, | PAM-LU, | BRAG, | BACK-GAMMON, | DRAUGHTS, | HAZARD, | CHESS, | GOFF OR GOLF, | CRICKET, | AND | BILLIARDS, | Carefully revised and corrected from the latest and best | Authorities. | [short oxford rule] | NEW-YORK: | PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY GEORGE LONG, | No. 71, Pearl-Street. | ··············· | 1821. |
| Collation: | 24o: [A]4 B–M12 N8 [$1,5 (−N5) signed; signing $5 as '$2']; 144 leaves, pp. [8 ] [1] 2–27 [28] 29–39 [40] 41 [42] 43–72 [73] 74–90 [91] 92–103 [104] 105 [106] 107 [108] 109 [110] 111–115 [116] 117–118 [119] 120–126 [127] 128 [129] 130–132 [133] 134–137 [138] 139 [140–141] 142 [143–144] 145–160 [161] 162–164 [165] 166–178 [179] 180–206 [207] 208–209 [210] 211–259 [260] 261 [262] 263–264 [265] 266–278 [279–280] |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r–A1v | blank | |||
| A2r | title | |||
| A2v | blank | |||
| A3r–A4r | ‘INDEX. | [...]’ | A3v–A4r | ‘INDEX.’ | |
| A4v | blank | |||
| B1r–C2r (1–27) | ‘HOYLE'S GAMES, | &c &c | [short rule] | THE GAME OF WHIST. | [...]’ | B1v–C2r (2–27) | ‘WHIST.’ | |
| C2v–C8r (28–39) | ‘MR. PAYNE'S | MAXIMS FOR WHIST. | [...]’ | C3r–C8r (29–39) | ‘WHIST.’ | |
| C8v–C9r (40–41) | ‘MATHEWS' DIRECTIONS, &c. | [...]’ | C9r (41) | ‘INTRODUCTION.’ | |
| C9v–D12v (42–72) | ‘MATHEWS' | DIRECTIONS AND MAXIMS FOR BEGINNERS. | [...]’ | C10r–D12v (43–72) | ‘WHIST.’ | |
| E1r–E9v (73–90) | ‘THE | GAME OF QUADRILLE. | [...]’ | E1v–E9v (74–90) | ‘QUADRILLE.’ | |
| E10r–F4r (91–103) | ‘THE GAME OF PIQUET. | [...]’ | E10v–F4r (92–103) | ‘PIQUET.’ | |
| F4v–F5r (104–105) | ‘THE | GAME OF QUINZE. | [...]’ | F5r (105) | ‘QUINZE.’ | |
| F5v–F6r (106–107) | ‘THE | GAME OF VINGT-UN. | [...]’ | F6r (107) | ‘VINGT-UN.’ | |
| F6v–F7r (108–109) | ‘THE | GAME OF LANSQUENET. | [...]’ | F7r (109) | ‘LANSQUENET.’ | |
| F7v–F10r (110–115) | ‘THE | GAME OF PHARO. | [...]’ | F8r–F10r (111–115) | ‘PHARO.’ | |
| F10v–F11v (116–118) | ‘THE | GAME OF ROUGE ET NOIR. | [...]’ | F11r–F11v (117–118) | ‘ROUGE ET NOIR.’ | |
| F12r–G3v (119–126) | ‘THE | GAME OF CRIBBAGE. | [...]’ | F12v–G3v (120–126) | ‘CRIBBAGE.’ | |
| G4r–G4v (127–128) | ‘THE | GAME OF MATRIMONY. | [...]’ | G4v (128) | ‘MATRIMONY.’ | |
| G5r–G6v (129–132) | ‘THE | GAME OF CASSINO. | [...]’ | G5v–G6v (130–132) | ‘CASSINO.’ | |
| G7r–G9r (133–137) | ‘THE | GAME OF REVERSIS. | [...]’ | G7v–G9r (134–137) | ‘REVERSIS.’ | |
| G9v–G10r (138–139) | ‘THE | GAME OF PUT. | [...]’ | G10r (139) | ‘PUT.’ | |
| G10v (140) | ‘THE | GAME OF CONNEXIONS. | [...]’ | |||
| G11r–G11v (141–142) | ‘THE | GAME OF ALL FOURS. | [...]’ | G11v (142) | ‘ALL FOURS.’ | |
| G12r (143) | ‘THE | GAME OF SPECULATION. | [...]’ | |||
| G12v–H8v (144–160) | ‘THE | GAME OF PAM-LU. | [...]’ | H1r–H8v (145–160) | ‘PAM-LU.’ | |
| H9r–H10v (161–164) | ‘THE | GAME OF BRAG. | [...]’ | H9v–H10v (162–164) | ‘BRAG.’ | |
| H11r–I5v (165–178) | ‘THE | GAME OF BACK-GAMMON. | [...]’ | H11v–I5v (166–178) | ‘BACK-GAMMON.’ | |
| I6r–K7v (179–206) | ‘THE | GAME OF DRAUGHTS. | [...]’ | I6v–K7v (180–206) | ‘DRAUGHTS.’ | |
| K8r–K9r (207–209) | ‘THE | GAME OF HAZARD. | [...]’ | K8v–K9r (208–209) | ‘HAZARD.’ | |
| K9v–M10r (210–259) | ‘THE | GAME OF CHESS. | [...]’ | K10r–M10r (211–259) | ‘CHESS.’ | |
| M10v–M11r (260–261) | ‘THE | GAME OF GOFF, OR GOLF. | [...]’ | M11r (261) | ‘GOFF, OR GOLF.’ | |
| M11v–M12v (262–264) | ‘LAWS OF CRICKET. | [...]’ | M12r–M12v (263–264) | ‘CRICKET.’ | |
| N1r–N7v (265–278) | ‘THE | GAME OF BILLIARDS | [...]’ | N1v–N7v (266–278) | ‘BILLIARDS.’ | |
| N8r–N8v (279–280) | blank |
| Plates: | opposite H11r(165) engraving: backgammon board showing the starting position opposite I6r(179) engraving: draught board opposite K10r(211) engraving: chess men and chess board |
| Publisher: | George Long |
| Printer: | George Long (title) |
| References: | Jessel 831, Rather 116 |
| Copies Seen: | DLC [GV1243.H85]; MWA [G810 H867 H821]; Levy [1120] |
| Other Copies: | LT [Wb 715]; CtY-SM [NLp57 821h]; LU [GV1243.H855]; MSaP [GV1201.H695 1821]; NjP [GV1243.H85s]; NvLN [GV1243.H85]; OCl [789.87H I1n]; ViHi [GV1243.H85] |
| Notes: | A reprinting of the same text as Cotton.1. Indeed, the type must have been set from that book. Notice that in both books, Piquet is the only game where the drop title lacks a line break after the word "THE".The conjugacy of the preliminaries and of the final gathering is not clear from the copies I have seen. |