A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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The Pocket Hoyle, published by David Longworth, first American edition, 1803.

longworth.1.jpg Title: THE | POCKET HOYLE: | Containing | THE GAMES | of | [eight lines to left of double rule] WHIST, | QUADRILLE, | PIQUET, | QUINZE, | VINGT-UN, | LANSQUENET, | PHARO, | ROUGE ET NOIR, | [eight lines to right of double rule] CRIBBAGE, | MATRIMONY, | CASSINO, | REVERSIS, | PUT, | CONNEXIONS, | ALL FOURS, | SPECULATION. | To which is added, | THE GAMES OF BRAG AND CHESS. | [short rule] | WITH THE PRACTICE AND RULES, | As established and practiced by the correctest players. | [short rule] | Copy-right secured. | [oxford rule] | New=York. | PUBLISHED BY DAVID LONGWORTH, | At the Shakespeare Gallery. | L. Nichols, print. | 1803.
Collation: 24o: π1 [A]8 B–G8 [$1 signed]; 57 leaves, pp. [2 ] [1] 2–35 [36] 37–51 [52] 53–63 [64–65] 66 [67–68] 69–75 [76] 77–80, 279–109 [110] =112
Contents: Signature (Page) Reference Contents Signature (Page) Reference Running Titles
π1r title
π1v blank
A1r–B4v (1–24) ‘HOYLE'S GAMES. | [short rule] | THE GAME OF WHIST. | [...]’ A1v–C2r (2–35) ‘WHIST.’
B5r–C2r (25–35) ‘Mr. PAYNE's | MAXIMS FOR WHIST. | [...]’
C2v–D2r (36–51) ‘THE | GAME OF QUADRILLE. | [...]’ C3r–D2r (37–51) ‘QUADRILLE.’
D2v–D8r (52–63) ‘THE | GAME OF PIQUET. | [...]’ D3r–D8r (53–63) ‘PIQUET.’
D8v (64) ‘THE | GAME OF QUINZE. | [...]’
E1r–E1v (65–66) ‘THE | GAME OF VINGT-UN. | [...]’ E1v (66) ‘VINGT-UN.’
E2r (67) ‘THE | GAME OF LANSQUENET. | [...]’
E2v–E5r (68–73) ‘THE | GAME OF PHARO. | [...]’ E3r–E5r (69–73) ‘PHARO.’
E5r–E6r (73–75) ‘[...] | THE | GAME OF ROUGE ET NOIR. | [...]’ E5v–E6r (74–75) ‘ROUGE ET NOIR.’
E6v–F2r (76–281) ‘THE | GAME OF CRIBBAGE. | [...]’ E7r–F2r (77–281) ‘CRIBBAGE.’
F2r–F2v (281–82) ‘[...] | THE | GAME OF MATRIMONY. | [...]’ F2v (282) ‘MATRIMONY.’
F2v–F4r (282–85) ‘[...] | THE | GAME OF CASSINO. | [...]’ F3r–F4r (283–85) ‘CASSINO.’
F4r–F6r (285–89) ‘[...] | THE | GAME OF REVERSIS. | [...]’ F4v–F6r (286–89) ‘REVERSIS.’
F6r–F6v (289–90) ‘[...] | THE | GAME OF PUT. | [...]’ F6v–F6r (290–89) ‘PUT.’
F7r (291) ‘THE | GAME OF CONNEXIONS. | [...]’
F7r–F8r (291–93) ‘[...] | THE | GAME OF ALL FOURS. | [...]’ F7v–F8r (292–93) ‘ALL FOURS.’
F8r–F8v (293–94) ‘[...] | THE | GAME OF SPECULATION. | [...]’ F8v (294) ‘SPECULATION.’
F8v–G3r (294–99) ‘[...] | THE | GAME OF BRAG. | [...]’ G1r–G3r (295–99) ‘BRAG.’
G3r–G6v (299–106) ‘[...] | THE | GAME OF CHESS. | [...]’ G3v–G8r (2100–109) ‘CHESS.’
G6v–G8r (2106–109) ‘[...] | OBSERVATIONS | ON | THE GAME OF CHESS. | BY A GENTLEMAN OF NEW-YORK. | [...]’
G8v (2110) ‘CONTENTS. | [...]’
Publisher: David Longworth
Printer: Lewis Nichols (title)
Notices: 1803-12-28 Morning Chronicle (New York): "Be it remembered, that on the fifteenth day of June in the twenty-seventh year of the independence of the United States of America, David Longworth of the said district, hath deposited in the office the title of a book the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, viz. The Pocket Hoyle...Edward Dunscomb, Clerk of the District of New-York. Dec. 27."
References: Rather 85
Copies Seen: MWA [In process 20190214]; PPL [Am 1803 Hoyle] (Early American Imprints); Levy [1759]
Other Copies: MSaP [GV1243.H695 1803]

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