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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, | BACKGAMMON, | DRAUGHTS, | HAZARD, | CHESS, | GOFF or GOLF, | CRICKET, | and | BILLIARDS. | Carefully revised and corrected from the latest and best | Authorities. | [short rule] | NEW-YORK: | PUBLISHED BY GEORGE LONG, | NO. 71 PEARL-STREET | W. E. Dean, Printer, 36 Stone-street. | [short rule] | 1825. |
| Collation: | 24o: A–D12 F–N12 [$1,5 signed; signing $5 as '$2' (in lower case)]; 144 leaves, pp. [6 ] [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 [279–282] |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r | title | |||
| A1v | blank | |||
| A2r–A3r | ‘INDEX. | [...]’ | A2v–A3r | ‘INDEX.’ | |
| A3v | blank | |||
| A4r–B5r (1–27) | ‘HOYLE'S GAMES, | &c &c | [short rule] | THE GAME OF WHIST. | [...]’ | A4v–B5r (2–27) | ‘WHIST.’ | |
| B5v–B11r (28–39) | ‘MR. PAYNE'S | MAXIMS FOR WHIST. | [...]’ | B6r–B11r (29–39) | ‘WHIST.’ | |
| B11v–B12r (40–41) | ‘MATHEWS' DIRECTIONS, &c. | [...]’ | B12r (41) | ‘INTRODUCTION.’ | |
| B12v–D3v (42–72) | ‘MATHEWS' | DIRECTIONS AND MAXIMS FOR BEGINNERS. | [...]’ | C1r–D3v (43–72) | ‘WHIST.’ | |
| D4r–D12v (73–90) | ‘THE | GAME OF QUADRILLE. | [...]’ | D4v–D12v (74–90) | ‘QUADRILLE.’ | |
| F1r–F7r (91–103) | ‘THE GAME OF PIQUET | [...]’ | F1v–F7r (92–103) | ‘PIQUET.’ | |
| F7v–F8r (104–105) | ‘THE | GAME OF QUINZE. | [...]’ | F8r (105) | ‘QUINZE.’ | |
| F8v–F9r (106–107) | ‘THE | GAME OF VINGT-UN. | [...]’ | F9r (107) | ‘VINGT-UN.’ | |
| F9v–F10r (108–109) | ‘THE | GAME OF LANSQUENET. | [...]’ | F10r (109) | ‘LANSQUENET.’ | |
| F10v–G1r (110–115) | ‘THE | GAME OF PHARO. | [...]’ | F11r–G1r (111–115) | ‘PHARO.’ | |
| G1v–G2v (116–118) | ‘THE | GAME OF ROUGE ET NOIR. | [...]’ | G2r–G2v (117–118) | ‘ROUGE ET NOIR.’ | |
| G3r–G6v (119–126) | ‘THE | GAME OF CRIBBAGE. | [...]’ | G3v–G6v (120–126) | ‘CRIBBAGE.’ | |
| G7r–G7v (127–128) | ‘THE | GAME OF MATRIMONY. | [...]’ | G7v (128) | ‘MATRIMONY.’ | |
| G8r–G9v (129–132) | ‘THE | GAME OF CASSINO. | [...]’ | G8v–G9v (130–132) | ‘CASSINO.’ | |
| G10r–G12r (133–137) | ‘THE | GAME OF REVERSIS. | [...]’ | G10v–G12r (134–137) | ‘REVERSIS.’ | |
| G12v–H1r (138–139) | ‘THE | GAME OF PUT. | [...]’ | H1r (139) | ‘PUT.’ | |
| H1v (140) | ‘THE | GAME OF CONNEXIONS. | [...]’ | |||
| H2r–H2v (141–142) | ‘THE | GAME OF ALL FOURS. | [...]’ | H2v (142) | ‘ALL FOURS.’ | |
| H3r (143) | ‘THE | GAME OF SPECULATION. | [...]’ | |||
| H3v–H11v (144–160) | ‘THE | GAME OF PAM-LU. | [...]’ | H4r–H11v (145–160) | ‘PAM-LU.’ | |
| H12r–I1v (161–164) | ‘THE | GAME OF BRAG. | [...]’ | H12v–I1v (162–164) | ‘BRAG.’ | |
| I2r–I8v (165–178) | ‘THE | GAME OF BACK-GAMMON. | [...]’ | I2v–I8v (166–178) | ‘BACK-GAMMON.’ | |
| on I6r (173) | ‘BACK GAMMON.’ | |||
| I9r–K10v (179–206) | ‘THE | GAME OF DRAUGHTS. | [...]’ | I9v–K10v (180–206) | ‘DRAUGHTS.’ | |
| K11r–K12r (207–209) | ‘THE | GAME OF HAZARD. | [...]’ | K11v–K12r (208–209) | ‘HAZARD.’ | |
| K12v–N1r (210–259) | ‘THE | GAME OF CHESS. | [...]’ | L1r–N1r (211–259) | ‘CHESS.’ | |
| N1v–N2r (260–261) | ‘THE | GAME OF GOFF, OR GOLF. | [...]’ | N2r (261) | ‘GOFF, OR GOLF.’ | |
| N2v–N3v (262–264) | ‘LAWS OF CRICKET. | [...]’ | N3r–N3v (263–264) | ‘CRICKET.’ | |
| N4r–N10v (265–278) | ‘THE | GAME OF BILLIARDS | [...]’ | N4v–N10v (266–278) | ‘BILLIARDS.’ | |
| N11r–N12v (279–282) | blank |
| Plates: | opposite I2r(165) engraving: backgammon board showing the starting position opposite I9r(179) engraving: draught board opposite K12v(210) engraving: chess men and chess board |
| Publisher: | George Long |
| Printer: | William Dean (title) |
| References: | Horr 684, Jessel 831, Rather 120 |
| Copies Seen: | O [Jessel f.629]; MWA [G810 H867 H825 Copy 1]; MWA [G810 H867 H825 Copy 2]; Levy [1674] |
| Other Copies: | Sings; CaOTP [794 H59 1825]; LU [GV1243.H855 1825]; MSaP [GV1201 .H695 1825]; NN [CBGH (Hoyle's games improved)] (Google); NWM [GV1243.H855 1825]; NvLN [GV1243.H855 1825]; NvLN [GV1243.H855 1825 c.2]; NvLN [GV1243.H855 1825 c.3]; OC [795 H867.1]; OCl [789.87H I5n]; ViWC [GV1243.H69 1825] |