A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Memory.D.1

An Artificial Memory at the Game of Whist, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, first Dublin edition, 1744.

memory.d.1.jpg Title: AN | Artificial Memory. | OR, AN | EASY METHOD | OF | Aſſiſting the Memory of thoſe | that play at the Game of Whist. | To which are added, | Several Cases not hitherto Publiſh'd. | [rule] | By Edmund Hoyle, Gent. | [double rule] | DUBLIN: | Printed for George and Alexander Ewing | at the Angel and Bible in Dame-ſtreet. 1744.
Collation: 12o: A8 B4 [$½ (−A2) signed]; 12 leaves, pp. [1–4] 5–21 [22–24]
Half Title: [rule] | AN | Artificial Memory. | [rule]
Contents: Signature (Page) Reference Contents Signature (Page) Reference Running Titles
A1r (1) half title
A1v (2) advertisement for Whist.D.3
A2r (3) title
A2v (4) blank
A3r–B3r (5–21) ‘[double rule] | AN | Artificial Memory, | OR | An eaſy Method of aſſiſting the Me-|mory of thoſe that play at the | Game of Whist. | [...]’ A3v–B3r (6–21) ‘A Treatiſe on Whist.’
B3v–B4v (22–24) catalogue of books printed for George and Alexander Ewing B4r–B4v (23–24) ‘CATALOGUE, &c.’
Catchwords: A6r(11) IV. Let [III. Let]
Publisher: George and Alexander Ewing
Advertisements: 1744-03-31 The Dublin Journal: "This day is published, price 3d."
Price: 3d. (title, advertisement)
References: ESTC T88039, Jessel 788, Marshall s7 no.8 p263 (1889-10-05), Rather 17
Copies Seen in Collections: L [7917 de.73] (ECCO splits Polite.A into two files, one which contains Memory.D.1 and the other which contains everything else.) (see Polite.A); O [Jessel f.541(2)] (see Polite.A); O [Jessel f.570(5)] (see Polite.A); O [Jessel f.571(5)] (see Polite.A); NvLN [GV1201.H83 1743] (see Polite.A); Levy [1609] (see Polite.A)
Other Copies in Collections: C [Hib.7.745.29] (see Polite.A); CaOTP [795 H598] (see Polite.A); ICD [SPC. 795 H868P] (see Polite.A); LU [GV1243.H7] (see Polite.A); WaS [R795 H852P] (see Polite.A); AuNU [RB 4645.44] (see Polite.A)

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