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Title: | HOYLE'S GAMES | IMPROVED. | CONTAINING | PRACTICAL TREATISES | ON | [13 lines to left of rule] WHIST, | QUADRILLE, | PIQUET, | QUINZE, | VINGT-UN, | LANSQUENET, | PHARO, | ROUGE ET NOIR, | CRIBBAGE | MATRIMONY, | CASSINO, | REVERSIS, | PUT, | [13 lines to right of 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 rule] | NEW-YORK: | PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY GEORGE LONG, | No. 71, Pearl-Street. | [short rule] | 1823. |
| 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: | Frontispiece engraving: draught board opposite H11r(165) engraving: backgammon board showing the starting position opposite K9v(210) engraving: chess men and chess board |
| Publisher: | George Long |
| Printer: | George Long (title) |
| References: | Rather 118 |
| Copies Seen: | MWA [G810 H867 H823]; Levy [0080] |
| Other Copies: | COCu [794 H59 1823]; CtW [VN H86]; CtY-BR [2006 471]; DeWint [GV1243.H86 S 1823]; InNd [GV1243.H855 1823]; LU [GV1243.H855 1823]; MH [KC 13197]; MSaP [GV1243.H855 1823]; NN [MZ (Hoyle's games improved, 1823)]; NNC-RB [B790 H85]; NvLN [GV1243.H855 1823]; OCl [789.87H I3n]; OClWHi [GV1243 H867 1823]; TxH [795 H] |