A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Pigott.3.1

Pigott's New Hoyle, printed for J Ridgway, third London edition, first issue, "ninth" edition, 1802.

pigott.3.1.jpg Title: PIGOTT's | NEW HOYLE; | OF, THE | GENERAL REPOSITORY OF | GAMES: | CONTAINING | Rules and Instructions for playing | [seven lines to left] Whist | Piquet | Quinze | Goff | Draughts | Cricket | Quadrille | [seven lines in center] Faro | Hazard | Rouge et Noir | Lansquenet | Backgammon | Chess | Tennis | [seven lines to right] Cribbage | Cassino | Connexions | All Four | Put | Matrimony | &c. &c. | With Tables of Odds, Calculations for betting advantageously, | and their Laws as establsihed at BROOKES's, WHITE's, | THE UNION, COCOA-TREE, SMYRNA, FITZ's, | D'AUBIGNY's, SCAVOIR VIVRE, MILES's, PHIL-|LIPS's, the JOCKEY CLUB, and every other fashion-|able Subscription House. | [short decorative rule] | BY CHARLES PIGOTT, ESQ. | [short decorative rule] | The Ninth Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. | To which is added, an Epitome of the Statute Laws on Gam-|ing, with the different Cases of contested Betts, Bonds, and | other Securities, which have been legally argued and deter-|mined. | [oxford rule] | London: | Printed for J Ridgway, York-Street, St. James's Square, | By T. Sutton, Britannia-Street, Gray's Inn Lane Road. | [short rule] | Price 3s. bound.
Collation: 18o: π1 A2(A2+1) B–N9 O6(−O6 missing, blank?) [$1–5 (−O4,5;+A1) signed]; 117 leaves, pp. [i–iv] v–viii, [1] 2–226
Contents: Signature (Page) Reference Contents Signature (Page) Reference Running Titles
π1r (i) title
π1v (ii) blank
A1r (iii) ‘[double rule] | PREFACE. | [...]’
A1v–A2+1v (iv–viii) ‘[oxford rule] | Table of Contents. | [...]’ A1r–A2+1v (iii–viii) ‘CONTENTS.’
B1r–C7r (1–31) ‘[oxford rule] | NEW HOYLE, &c. | [short rule] | The Game of Whist. | [...]’ B1v–C7r (2–31) ‘WHIST.’
C7v–D4r (32–43) ‘The Game of Quadrille. | [...]’ C8r–D3v (33–42) ‘QUADRILLE.’
on C8v (34) ‘WHIST.’
D4r–E1r (43–55) ‘[...] | The Game of Cribbage. | [...]’ D4r–E1r (43–55) ‘CRIBBAGE.’
E1v–E7v (56–68) ‘The Game of Piquet. | [...]’ E2r–E7v (57–68) ‘PIQUET.’
E8r–E8v (69–70) ‘The Game of Matrimony. | [...]’
E8v–E9v (70–72) ‘[...] | The Game of Lansquenet. | [...]’ E8v–E9v (70–72) ‘LANSQUENET.’
E9v–F1r (72–73) ‘[...] | The Game of Quinze. | [...]’
F1r–F7v (73–86) ‘[...] | The Game of Chess. | [...]’ F1r–F7v (73–86) ‘CHESS.’
F8r–H3v (87–114) ‘The Game of Back-Gammon. | [...]’ F8v–H3r (88–113) ‘BACK-GAMMON.’
H3v–I5r (114–135) ‘[...] | The Game of Draughts, | From Mr. Payne. | [...]’ H3v–I5r (114–135) ‘DRAUGHTS.’
I5v–L6v (136–174) ‘The Game of Billiards. | [...]’ I6r–L6r (137–173) ‘BILLIARDS.’
L6v–L8v (174–178) ‘[...] | The Game of Cricket. | [...]’ L6v–L8r (174–177) ‘CRICKET.’
on L7v (176) ‘CRIKET.’
L8v–M2r (178–183) ‘[...] | The Game of Tennis. | [...]’ L8v–M1v (178–182) ‘TENNIS.’
M2r–M3r (183–185) ‘[...] | The Game of Goff, or Golf. | [...]’ M2r–M2v (183–184) ‘GOFF.’
M3r–M5v (185–190) ‘[...] | The Game of Faro. | [...]’ M3r–M5r (185–189) ‘FARO.’
M5v–M7r (190–193) ‘[...] | The Game of Hazard. | [...]’ M5v–M6v (190–192) ‘HAZARD.’
M7r–M9r (193–197) ‘[...] | The Game of Rouge et Noir. | [...]’ M7r–M9r (193–197) ‘ROUGE ET NOIR.’
M9v–N2r (198–201) ‘The Game of Cassino. | [...]’ N1r–N1v (199–200) ‘CASSINO.’
N2r–N3r (201–203) ‘[...] | The Game of All Four. | [...]’ N2r–N2v (201–202) ‘ALL FOUR’
N3r–N3v (203–204) ‘[...] | The Game of Connexions | [...]’ N3r (203) ‘CONNEXIONS.’
N3v–N5r (204–207) ‘[...] | The Game of Put. | [...]’ N3v–N5r (204–207) ‘PUT.’
N5v–O5v (208–226) ‘AN | EPITOME | OF THE | STATUTE LAWS | ON | GAMING. | [...] | [colophon]’ N6r–O5v (209–226) ‘LAWS ON GAMING.’
Plates: on H4r(115) woodblock: ‘[...] | The Draught Table’
Catchwords: A2+1v(viii) NEW [NEW]; C7r(31) The [The]; E7v(68) The [The]; H1v(110) nAd [And]; I2r(129) Seventh [Seventh]
Publisher: James Ridgway, Henry Delahoy Symonds (advertisement)
Printer: Thomas Sutton (colophon)
Advertisements: 1802-11-09 Morning Post: "Good Playing Made Easy. This day is published, price 3s. bound in red. New Hoyle...By Charles Pigott, Esq. The ninth edition, corrected and enlarged. Printed for James Ridgway [and] H. D. Symonds...☞The public is requested to be particular in their orders for Mr. Pigott's New Hoyle."
Price: 3s. bound in red (advertisement)
References: Jessel 1334
Colophon: ‘[short rule] | T. SUTTON, Printer, Britannia Street, | Gray's-Inn-Lane-Road.’
Copies Seen: O [Jessel f.616]; TNJ [GV1229.P6]; Levy [1038]
Other Copies: HAG [KW 364 F 25] (Google)

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